Foul! The Secret World Of FIFA - Bribes, Vote Rigging And Ticket Scandals (Paperback)

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 1970's 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.

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Thu, 12 Aug 2010 | Review by: sasekani S.

When I read this book the scales just fell off. Is it possible to rid this world of corruption? Its a big cancer that will devour us all if we fail to stand against it. Illuminating insight into the corrupt world of FIFA. A must-read.

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