{"product_id":"9781501132964","title":"The Ugly Game: The Corruption of FIFA and the Qatari Plot to Buy the World Cup","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eBlake, Heidi; Calvert, Jonathan\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eScribner\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6\/27\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003e“The book that reminds you exactly what’s wrong with FIFA” (\u003ci\u003eEsquire UK\u003c\/i\u003e): This meticulously reported account by two award-winning, investigative journalists at Britain’s \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e explains how the 2022 World Cup was secured for Qatar—a key element in the ongoing, international FIFA controversy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn 2014 \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eInsight 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, Qatar’s 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 Hammam’s activities and reporting on cash handouts, lavish junkets, and evidence of payments to soccer officials around the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNow in this remarkable book by \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Ugly Game\u003c\/i\u003e is undoubtedly the biggest sporting story of recent times.","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42937765069055,"sku":"9781501132964","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/Jacket_bd5e40a4-d088-4450-9454-6b5944feb283.jpg?v=1746932297","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781501132964","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}