The ugly game
Subtitle: the corruption of FIFA and the Qatari plot to buy the World Cup
By: Heidi Blake and Jonathan Calvert
Contributors: Calvert, Jonathan, author
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9781501131493
Subjects: Fédération internationale de football association; World Cup (Soccer); Soccer; Corrupt practices; Corruption
Other titles: Corruption of FIFA and the Qatari plot to buy the World Cup
Description: An "account by two ... investigative journalists at Britain's The Sunday Times explains how the 2022 World Cup was secured for Qatar--a key element in the ongoing, international FIFA controversy"--Amazon.com.
Notes: "First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Simon & Schuster UK, Ltd., a CBS Company"--Title page verso.
Table of contents: title: A surprising proposal; title: Brother Jack, Der Kaiser and a man with a parrot; title: Bagmen and brown envelopes: the campaign begins; title: A corrupt official called seedy; title: How to score points; title: Cocktails, conspiracy and a million-dollar dinner; title: A crimefighter in cowboy boots comes to Zurich; title: My enemy's enemy; title: Who is Sim Hong Chye?; title: The casino king, the Thai voter and the gas deal; title: Spies, Siberia and the psychic octopus; title: Sex, lies and videotape; title: Only god knows what you do for the brothers; title: In every crisis, an opportunity; title: Who watches?; title: A fine lesson in Machiavellian expertise; title: No pause on the path of treason; title: The riches of ruin; title: The deal; title: I have seen the ugly face of football; title: After the story, the civil war.