The fall of the house of FIFA / David Conn.
By: Conn, David [author.]
.Publisher: London : Yellow Jersey Press, 2017Description: 328 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780224100441.Subject(s): Fédération internationale de football association | Soccer -- Corrupt practices | Soccer -- ManagementDDC classification: 796.33466 | Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 796.33466 CON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 014855 |
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| 796.3340941 FOO Football in the digital age : | 796.33409411 MAC More than a game : living with the Old Firm / | 796.3340942 GOL The game of our lives : | 796.33466 CON The fall of the house of FIFA / | 796.334660601 BLA The ugly game : | 796.342094 GIL Tennis : | 796.358094209033 UND Start of play : |
The people's game -- Fifa's smiley face -- 1904: 'A pure sport' -- 1974 -- 1998: President Blatter -- 2010: 'And the host of the 2022 World Cup will be ... Qatar (1) -- 'Crisis? What is a crisis?' -- Straight citizens -- The Dr João Havelange Center of Excellence -- Bribery in Switzerland is not a crime -- The dirty linen -- 'Tell me what you did' -- Mr President Integrity -- The world cup of fraud -- Le roi se meurt -- 'The money of Fifa is your money' -- Say it ain't so, Franz -- Tainted history -- 'And the host of the 2022 World Cup will be ... Qatar (2) -- The boss.
When Sepp Blatter joined FIFA in 1975 it had just twelve employees. Forty years later, the FBI have accused fourteen executives of forty-seven counts of money laundering, racketeering and tax evasion linked to kickbacks. This book tells the story of how football got big, how FIFA got corrupt and what this means for soccer fans around the world.