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The Fall of the House of FIFA: The Multimillion-Dollar Corruption at the Heart of Global Soccer - Hardcover | Diverse Reads

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In 2015, FIFA-the multibillion dollar governing body of the world's most-loved sport-was brought down by allegations of industrial-scale bribes, kickbacks, money laundering, racketeering and tax evasion. Beginning with early morning raids in Zurich and the indictment of twenty-seven executives by the US Department of Justice, the rottenness at the core of FIFA seemed to extend throughout all of soccer, from the decision to send the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar to lesser known cases of embezzlement from Trinidad to South Africa.

David Conn writes the definitive account of FIFA's rise and fall, covering in great detail the corruption allegations and the series of scandals that continued to shake the public's trust in the organization. The Fall of the House of FIFA situates FIFA's unraveling amidst revealing human portraits of soccer legends such as Michel Platini and Franz Beckenbauer and features an exclusive interview with former president Sepp Blatter. Even as he chronicles the biggest sport scandal of all time, Conn infuses the book with a passionate love of the game, delivering an irresistible read.

ISBN-13: 9781568585963

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Publication Date: 06-20-2017

Pages: 336

Product Dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.30(d)

David Conn is the author of The Beautiful Game and an award-winning journalist for the Guardian where he has been a key part of the coverage of the FIFA crisis.

Table of Contents

1 The People's Game 1

2 Fifa's Smiley Face 9

3 1904: 'A Pure Sport' 23

4 1974 43

5 1998: President Blatter 50

6 2010: 'And the Host of the 2022 World Cup Will Be… Qatar!'(1) 73

7 'Crisis? What is a Crisis?' 93

8 Straight Citizens 111

9 The Dr João Havelange Centre of Excellence 134

10 Bribery in Switzerland is not a Crime 150

11 The Dirty Linen 165

12 'Tell Me What You Did' 187

13 Mr President Integrity 192

14 The World Cup of Fraud 207

15 Le roi se Meurt 219

16 'The Money of Fifa is Your Money!' 238

17 Say it Ain't So, Franz 254

18 Tainted History 270

19 'And the Host of the 2022 World Cup Will Be… Qatar!' (2) 276

20 The Boss 297

Bibliography 311

Acknowledgements 313

Index 315