{"product_id":"foul-the-secret-world-of-fifa-bribes-vote-rigging-and-ticket-scandals-9780007208111","title":"Foul!: the Secret World of Fifa; Bribes  Vote Rigging and Ticket Scandals","description":"\u003cp\u003eAndrew Jennings  an award-winning 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 footballs world governing body  FIFA .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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647281651765,"sku":"ByrdShop_0007208111","price":112.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780007208111.jpg?v=1781691571","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/foul-the-secret-world-of-fifa-bribes-vote-rigging-and-ticket-scandals-9780007208111","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}