Red Card: How the U.S. Blew the Whistle on the World's Biggest

Red Card: How the U.S. Blew the Whistle on the World's Biggest Sports Scandal

The definitive, shocking account of the FIFA scandalâ€”the biggest corruption case of recent yearsâ€”involving dozens of countries and implicating nearly every aspect of the worldâ€™s most popular sport, soccer, including the World Cup is â€œan engrossing and jaw-dropping tale of international intrigueâ€¦A riveting bookâ€ (The New York Times).

The FIFA case began small, boosted by an IRS agentâ€™s review of an American soccer officialâ€™s tax returns. But that humble investigation eventually led to a huge worldwide corruption scandal that crossed continents and reached the highest levels of the soccerâ€™s world governing body in Switzerland.

â€œThe meeting of American investigative reporting and real-life cop showâ€ (The Financial Times), Ken Bensingerâ€™s Red Card explores the case, and the personalities behind it, in vivid detail. Thereâ€™s Chuck Blazer, a high-living soccer dad who ascended to the highest ranks of the sport while creaming millions from its coffers; Jack Warner, a Trinidadian soccer official whose lust for power was matched only by his boundless greed; and the sportâ€™s most powerful man, FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who held on to his position at any cost even as soccer rotted from the inside out.

Remarkably, this corruption existed for decades before American law enforcement officials began to secretly dig, finally revealing that nearly every aspect of the planetâ€™s favorite sport was corrupted by bribes, kickbacks, fraud, and money laundering. Not even the World Cup, the most-watched sporting event in history, was safe from the thick web of corruption, as powerful FIFA officials extracted their bribes at every turn. â€œA gripping white-collar crime thriller that, in its scope and human drama, ranks with some of the best investigative business books of the past thirty yearsâ€ (The Wall Street Journal), Red Card goes beyond the headlines to bring the real story to light.
Country USA
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2018-06-12
Format Kindle eBook
EANs 9781501133923

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2018-06-12
Format	Kindle eBook
EANs	9781501133923

Red Card: How the U.S. Blew the Whistle on the World's Biggest Sports Scandal

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