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 LAW Johnny C. Burris Collection - 3rd Floor  GV943.49 .B54 2015    AVAILABLE  
Author Blake, Heidi, author.
Title The ugly game : the corruption of FIFA and the Qatari plot to buy the World Cup / Heidi Blake and Jonathan Calvert.
Edition First Scribner hardcover edition.
OCLC 913304311
ISBN 1501131494
9781501131493
Publisher New York : Scribner, 2015.
Description 472 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
LC Subject heading/s Fédération internationale de football association -- Corrupt practices.
Other
Subject heading/s		 Fédération internationale de football association. (OCoLC)fst00512141
LC Subject heading/s World Cup (Soccer) -- Corrupt practices.
Other
Subject heading/s		 World Cup (Soccer) (OCoLC)fst01409245
LC Subject heading/s Soccer -- Corrupt practices.
Corruption -- Qatar.
Other
Subject heading/s		 Corruption. (OCoLC)fst01352550
Soccer -- Corrupt practices. (OCoLC)fst01122128
Qatar. (OCoLC)fst01205755
Summary 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.
Contents A surprising proposal -- Brother Jack, Der Kaiser and a man with a parrot -- Bagmen and brown envelopes: the campaign begins -- A corrupt official called seedy -- How to score points -- Cocktails, conspiracy and a million-dollar dinner -- A crimefighter in cowboy boots comes to Zurich -- My enemy's enemy -- Who is Sim Hong Chye? -- The casino king, the Thai voter and the gas deal -- Spies, Siberia and the psychic octopus -- Sex, lies and videotape -- Only god knows what you do for the brothers -- In every crisis, an opportunity -- Who watches? -- A fine lesson in Machiavellian expertise -- No pause on the path of treason -- The riches of ruin -- The deal -- I have seen the ugly face of football -- After the story, the civil war.
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