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Red Card
FIFA and the Fall of the Most Powerful Men in Sports
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WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS AWARD FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019
LONGLISTED FOR THE 'Best Sports Book of the 21st Century' SPORTS BOOK AWARD
'Spellbinding. A gripping account of how the beautiful game got grotesquely ugly. Highly recommended.' Gary Lineker
'Gripping...Bensinger's impeccably sourced account serves as a sharp reminder of the gargantuan levels of largesse and excess during Fifa's bad, bad days - as well as a warning that not enough has been done to prevent them returning.' Sean Ingle, Guardian
'Bensinger deftly deploys novelistic devices to turn it into a real-life detective thriller...[it] resembles John Grisham' Private Eye
The story of FIFA's fall from grace has it all: power, betrayal, revenge, sports stars, hustlers, corruption, sex and phenomenal quantities of money, all set against exotic locales stretching from Caribbean beaches to the formal staterooms of the Kremlin and the sun-blasted streets of Doha, Qatar.
In Red Card, investigative journalist Ken Bensinger takes a journey to FIFA's dark heart. He introduces the flamboyant villains of the piece - the FIFA kingpins who flaunted their wealth in private jets and New York's grandest skyscrapers - and the dogged team of American FBI and IRS agents, headed by Attorney General Loretta Lynch, who finally brought them to book. Providing fresh insights on a scandal which has gripped the world, he shows how greed and arrogance brought down the most powerful institution in sporting history.
A wild, gritty, gripping, and at times blackly comic story, Red Card combines world-class journalism with the pace of a thriller.
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Spellbinding. A gripping account of how the beautiful game got grotesquely ugly. Highly recommended * Gary Lineker * A forensic dissection of the Fifa corruption scandal that fizzes with the ferocious energy of a superior thriller, with every chapter ending on a cliffhanger * Mail on Sunday Books of the Year * A gripping white-collar crime thriller that, in its scope and human drama, ranks with some of the best investigative business books of the past 30 years. * Wall Street Journal * Red Card is the meeting of American investigative reporting and real-life cop show. -- Simon Kuper * FT * Gripping...Bensinger's impeccably sourced account serves as a sharp reminder of the gargantuan levels of largesse and excess during Fifa's bad, bad days - as well as a warning that not enough has been done to prevent them returning. -- Sean Ingle * Guardian * Bensinger deftly deploys novelistic devices to turn it into a real-life detective thriller...[it] resembles John Grisham * Private Eye * Bensinger's tale fizzes with the ferocious energy of the thriller writer, with each chapter ending on a cliffhanger. -- Jim White * Mail on Sunday * A powerful piece of reportage...a brutal indictment of the way global football was run * Herald * An engrossing and jaw-dropping tale of international intrigue...riveting * New York Times * A genuine page-turner * When Saturday Comes *