Foul!: The Secret World of Fifa: Bribes, Vote Rigging and Ticket Scandals
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (522 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0007208693 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Essential reading for cynical football fans.' Evening Herald Dublin . 'Award-winning reporter Andrew Jennings has led the way investigating corruption in world football' Daily Mail 'A meticulously researched and detailed dossier into the inner workings of FIFA' Sunday Business Post 'In Foul!, Jennings has turned his unerring attention to the bun fight that masquerades as the global governance of football' Independent 'The appalling Sepp Blatter and his cronies' activities are laid bare in a mind-boggling web of deceit
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.. He tells how Blatter and his cronies built an invincible electoral machine to keep him in power forever. 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. The result is this explosive and damning expose of the officials that run football's world governing body, FIFA . 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. Andrew Jennings, an award-winning investigative sports reporter, spent four years delving into the dark side of 'the beautiful game'. Jennings has undertaken unprecedented research in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, interviewing hundreds of officials and amassing an extraordinary library of damning docum
Far reaching accusations, but still entertaining There is no doubt that Andrew Jennings did his research and has solid contacts inside FIFA, that lead to him writing his book Foul. But sometimes I felt like he jumped to conculsions that some of the evidence didn't present. On the other hand, because of FIFA's lack of transparency, there may be no other way to prove some of the points. Over all it is still an entertaining and interesting book. Opens. Tigardelnorte said It's all come out now in "It's all come out now in 2012" according to Tigardelnorte. This book is what I see as an almost continuation of another book called "Badfellas" FIFA Family at War. It take over where it left off with the election of Blatter and a continuation of the research done discovering all the atrocities of soccer's governing body. Only now in July of 2012 does most of this information come to public light as the Swiss courts just exposed Blatters mentor Havelange & hi. 01"It's all come out now in 2012" according to Tigardelnorte. This book is what I see as an almost continuation of another book called "Badfellas" FIFA Family at War. It take over where it left off with the election of Blatter and a continuation of the research done discovering all the atrocities of soccer's governing body. Only now in July of 2012 does most of this information come to public light as the Swiss courts just exposed Blatters mentor Havelange & hi. . This book is what I see as an almost continuation of another book called "Badfellas" FIFA Family at War. It take over where it left off with the election of Blatter and a continuation of the research done discovering all the atrocities of soccer's governing body. Only now in July of "It's all come out now in 2012" according to Tigardelnorte. This book is what I see as an almost continuation of another book called "Badfellas" FIFA Family at War. It take over where it left off with the election of Blatter and a continuation of the research done discovering all the atrocities of soccer's governing body. Only now in July of 2012 does most of this information come to public light as the Swiss courts just exposed Blatters mentor Havelange & hi. 01"It's all come out now in 2012" according to Tigardelnorte. This book is what I see as an almost continuation of another book called "Badfellas" FIFA Family at War. It take over where it left off with the election of Blatter and a continuation of the research done discovering all the atrocities of soccer's governing body. Only now in July of 2012 does most of this information come to public light as the Swiss courts just exposed Blatters mentor Havelange & hi. does most of this information come to public light as the Swiss courts just exposed Blatters mentor Havelange & hi. "A dry look at a crooked organization" according to Tony Jenkins. This book focuses on FIFA, the organization that manages soccer throughout the world. They are best known in the US for the World Cup, but the tentacles of this group reach into every aspect of pro and amateur soccer in the US and the world. If you like financial intrigue and organizational shenanigans, you will probably find many parts of this book interesting. My problem with it is that the author
Andrew Jennings is an internationally respected journalist, writer and film-maker. His seminal book exposing Olympic corruption 'The Lords of the Rings' was an international bestseller in 1992. . For many years he produced and reported for Granada TV's World in Action and also for BBC radio and tele