{"product_id":"the-ugly-game-the-corruption-of-fifa-and-the-qatari-plot-to-buy-the-world-cup","title":"The Ugly Game: The Corruption of FIFA and the Qatari Plot to Buy the World Cup","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe book that reminds you exactly whats wrong with FIFA (Esquire UK): This meticulously reported account by two award-winning  investigative journalists at Britains The Sunday Times explains how the 2022 World Cup was secured for Qatara key element in the ongoing  international FIFA controversy.  When the tiny desert state of Qatar won the rights to host the 2022 World Cup  the news was greeted with shock and disbelief. How had a country with almost no soccer infrastructure or tradition  a high terror risk  and searing summer temperatures  beaten more established countries with stronger bids? The story behind the Qatari success soon developed into a global news sensation.  In 2014 The Sunday Times Insight team in the UK spilled the secrets of a bombshell cache of hundreds of millions of secret documents  which were leaked by a whistleblower. In forensic detail  they reported how Mohamed Bin Hammam  Qatars top soccer official  used his position to help secure the votes that Qatar needed to win the bid. The investigative team spent three months painstakingly piecing together Bin Hammams activities and reporting on cash handouts  lavish junkets  and evidence of payments to soccer officials around the world.  Now in this remarkable book by The Sunday Times journalists at the center of the investigation  Heidi Blake and Jonathan Calvert  comes a comprehensive account of what happened and who was involved. A bestseller in the UK  The Ugly Game is undoubtedly the biggest sporting story of recent times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44983951097909,"sku":"ByrdShop_1501131494","price":29.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781501131493.jpg?v=1770815560","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-ugly-game-the-corruption-of-fifa-and-the-qatari-plot-to-buy-the-world-cup","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}