Foul! by Andrew Jennings

Foul! by Andrew Jennings

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Zusammenfassung

An expose of the officials that run football's world governing body FIFA - a story of how the 'men in suits' put personal ambition and money before the fans on the terraces. This book reveals how some football officials have been urged to secretly repay the sweeteners they received.

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Foul! by Andrew Jennings

Andrew Jennings, the world's foremost investigative sports reporter, spent four years delving into the dark side of 'the beautiful game'. The result is this explosive and damning expose of the officials that run football's world governing body FIFA - a story of how the 'men in suits' put personal ambition and money before the fans on the terraces. No individual has managed to penetrate the secret world of FIFA. Until now. Andrew Jennings, the world's leading sports investigative reporter, has unearthed the stories that FIFA doesn't want told. He blows the whistle on an international cash-for-contracts scandal and reveals how some football officials have been urged to secretly repay the sweeteners they received. He asks why FIFA President delayed acting against troubled marketing company ISL, who wrongly withheld GBP 45 million of FIFA's cash. He exposes the vote-rigging that went on behind closed doors in the fight for control of FIFA. Jennings has researched in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe. He has uncovered damning evidence and persuaded FIFA insiders to talk to him about the questionable business practices they've witnessed. "Foul!'s" mix of world-class probing journalism, compelling storytelling and dark humour make this the most important book ever written about the men who control the people's game.
"'Jennings' expose of dirty dealing and venal corruption will change the way you look at professional sports forever' Amazon review of The Lords of the Rings"
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ISBN 13 9780007208111
ISBN 10 0007208111
Titel Foul!
Autor Andrew Jennings
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Bindungsart Hardback
Verlag HarperCollins Publishers
Erscheinungsjahr 2006-05-02
Seitenanzahl 400
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