The Ugly Game: The Corruption of FIFA and the Qatari Plot to Buy the World Cup
- 作者
- 出版社 Scribner
- 出版时间 2017年6月
- ISBN 1501132962 或 9781501132964
- 定价 112.20
内容简介
“Thebookthatremindsyouexactlywhat’swrongwithFIFA”(EsquireUK):Thismeticulouslyreportedaccountbytwoaward-winning,investigativejournalistsatBritain’sTheSundayTimesexplainshowthe2022WorldCupwassecuredforQatar—akeyelementintheongoing,internationalFIFAcontroversy.
WhenthetinydesertstateofQatarwontherightstohostthe2022WorldCup,thenewswasgreetedwithshockanddisbelief.Howhadacountrywithalmostnosoccerinfrastructureortradition,ahighterrorrisk,andsearingsummertemperatures,beatenmoreestablishedcountrieswithstrongerbids?ThestorybehindtheQatarisuccesssoondevelopedintoaglobalnewssensation.
In2014TheSundayTimesInsightteamintheUKspilledthesecretsofabombshellcacheofhundredsofmillionsofsecretdocuments,whichwereleakedbyawhistleblower.Inforensicdetail,theyreportedhowMohamedBinHammam,Qatar’stopsoccerofficial,usedhispositiontohelpsecurethevotesthatQatarneededtowinthebid.TheinvestigativeteamspentthreemonthspainstakinglypiecingtogetherBinHammam’sactivitiesandreportingoncashhandouts,lavishjunkets,andevidenceofpaymentstosoccerofficialsaroundtheworld.
NowinthisremarkablebookbyTheSundayTimesjournalistsatthecenteroftheinvestigation,HeidiBlakeandJonathanCalvert,comesacomprehensiveaccountofwhathappenedandwhowasinvolved.AbestsellerintheUK,TheUglyGameisundoubtedlythebiggestsportingstoryofrecenttimes.
WhenthetinydesertstateofQatarwontherightstohostthe2022WorldCup,thenewswasgreetedwithshockanddisbelief.Howhadacountrywithalmostnosoccerinfrastructureortradition,ahighterrorrisk,andsearingsummertemperatures,beatenmoreestablishedcountrieswithstrongerbids?ThestorybehindtheQatarisuccesssoondevelopedintoaglobalnewssensation.
In2014TheSundayTimesInsightteamintheUKspilledthesecretsofabombshellcacheofhundredsofmillionsofsecretdocuments,whichwereleakedbyawhistleblower.Inforensicdetail,theyreportedhowMohamedBinHammam,Qatar’stopsoccerofficial,usedhispositiontohelpsecurethevotesthatQatarneededtowinthebid.TheinvestigativeteamspentthreemonthspainstakinglypiecingtogetherBinHammam’sactivitiesandreportingoncashhandouts,lavishjunkets,andevidenceofpaymentstosoccerofficialsaroundtheworld.
NowinthisremarkablebookbyTheSundayTimesjournalistsatthecenteroftheinvestigation,HeidiBlakeandJonathanCalvert,comesacomprehensiveaccountofwhathappenedandwhowasinvolved.AbestsellerintheUK,TheUglyGameisundoubtedlythebiggestsportingstoryofrecenttimes.
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