Foul! : the secret world of FIFA : bribes, vote rigging and ticket scandals / Andrew Jennings.

By:

Jennings, Andrew [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0007208693
9780007208692

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DDC classification:

796.33466 22

Summary: "FOUL! is the result of seven year's research into the dark depths of the men controlling the world's favourite game. It charts the degeneration of FIFA under the leadership of Joao Havelange and Sepp Blatter. It reveals the vote-rigging that put Blatter in power and the cronyism and ticket rackets that keep him there. And in the background-- the relentless flow of kickbacks to selected officials in return for billion-dollar contracts. In a sensational interview for the new and updated paperback edition an executive involved in paying the bribes reveals how the money was laundered, at regular intervals, through off-shore bank accounts. Another chapter digs deeper into FIFA vice-president Jack Warner's vast World Cup ticket racket. And there's new disclosures about the disastrous decision by FIFA to lie to MasterCard and VISA, forge a signature on a backdated contract and crudely edit a tape of a FIFA committee meeting, hoping to fool a New York judge. That's everyday life at Sepp Blatter's FIFA and there's more in FOUL!"--Author.Summary: "No individual has managed to penetrate the sanctified domain of FIFA and probed successfully into its often criticized yet unproven corruption of the world game. Until now. Author Andrew Jennings argues how FIFA President Sepp Blatter and his associates have misappropriated their position at the head of the world game in their desire for power, control, and a lucrative pay-off. How did these bizarre characters manage to take such control? Foul! is the explosive story. Jennings has undertaken unprecedented research in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, interviewing hundreds of officials and amassing an extraordinary library of damning documents. He tells how Blatter and his cronies built an invincible electoral machine to keep him in power forever. He revisits the 1970s and the privatization of international sport and its revenues by a close-knit group of officials and marketing agents working for their own self-interest. And he brings the story up to date with new disclosures about how Germany won the contest to stage the 2006 World Cup and the inside story on the dirty battle to host 2010."--Publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	City Campus City Campus Main Collection	796.33466 JEN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A401587B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"FOUL! is the result of seven year's research into the dark depths of the men controlling the world's favourite game. It charts the degeneration of FIFA under the leadership of Joao Havelange and Sepp Blatter. It reveals the vote-rigging that put Blatter in power and the cronyism and ticket rackets that keep him there. And in the background-- the relentless flow of kickbacks to selected officials in return for billion-dollar contracts. In a sensational interview for the new and updated paperback edition an executive involved in paying the bribes reveals how the money was laundered, at regular intervals, through off-shore bank accounts. Another chapter digs deeper into FIFA vice-president Jack Warner's vast World Cup ticket racket. And there's new disclosures about the disastrous decision by FIFA to lie to MasterCard and VISA, forge a signature on a backdated contract and crudely edit a tape of a FIFA committee meeting, hoping to fool a New York judge. That's everyday life at Sepp Blatter's FIFA and there's more in FOUL!"--Author.

"No individual has managed to penetrate the sanctified domain of FIFA and probed successfully into its often criticized yet unproven corruption of the world game. Until now. Author Andrew Jennings argues how FIFA President Sepp Blatter and his associates have misappropriated their position at the head of the world game in their desire for power, control, and a lucrative pay-off. How did these bizarre characters manage to take such control? Foul! is the explosive story. Jennings has undertaken unprecedented research in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, interviewing hundreds of officials and amassing an extraordinary library of damning documents. He tells how Blatter and his cronies built an invincible electoral machine to keep him in power forever. He revisits the 1970s and the privatization of international sport and its revenues by a close-knit group of officials and marketing agents working for their own self-interest. And he brings the story up to date with new disclosures about how Germany won the contest to stage the 2006 World Cup and the inside story on the dirty battle to host 2010."--Publisher.

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