David Conn. (2017). The Fall of the House of FIFA: The Multimillion-Dollar Corruption at the Heart of Global Soccer. Unabridged Hachette Audio.

David Conn. 2017. The Fall of the House of FIFA: The Multimillion-Dollar Corruption At the Heart of Global Soccer. Hachette Audio.

David Conn, The Fall of the House of FIFA: The Multimillion-Dollar Corruption At the Heart of Global Soccer. Hachette Audio, 2017.

David Conn. The Fall of the House of FIFA: The Multimillion-Dollar Corruption At the Heart of Global Soccer. Unabridged Hachette Audio, 2017.

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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.

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     FIFA's (Federation Internationale de Football Association) World Cup Tournament is a global quadrennial celebration of soccer. Behind the cheers and flag waving, scandal festered within FIFA in recent years, including cash in brown envelopes, secret bank accounts, and tax evasion. In a story that took more than a decade to expose, lifelong fan and journalist Conn (The Beautiful Game) left no stone unturned in his efforts to follow the money, skillfully re-creating a time line of the corruption that threatened the very integrity of the game. Conn's meticulous research and smooth writing style bring this unseemly chapter in FIFA history to a close, with realistic hope for the future of the most popular sport on earth. VERDICT Serious sports historians and soccer fans will find this to be the conclusive account of the recent international FIFA scandal. As we look ahead to the 2018 World Cup, this is also a timely reminder that money and power are always a threat to high ideals in sports.--Janet Davis, Darien P.L., CT

     Copyright 2017 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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     When, in 2010, the members of FIFA's executive committee awarded the 2022 World Cup to Qatara tiny, brutally hot, oil-rich nation with no appreciable soccer historyit was perhaps the most visible symptom of what many had alleged was a long pattern of corruption in the governing body of the world's most popular sport. Founded in 1904 for the simple purpose of organizing games between teams of its handful of member countries, the Federation Internationale de Football Association would grow to comprise 211 countries and a fantastically rich stream of TV and sponsorship revenueand a culture of personal enrichment that led in 2015 to police raids, criminal charges, and a wholesale change of personnel at the top. Award-winning journalist Conn chronicles the mess with authority derived from his Guardian reporting and firsthand interviews with key figures, including disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter. Though end notes and an index would have been useful resources, Conn's account is comprehensive and essential. It's depressing, too, but with comprehensive reform still yet to be realized, fans shouldn't look away.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2017, American Library Association.)

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