{"product_id":"the-fall-of-the-house-of-fifa-the-multimillion-dollar-corruption-at-the-heart-of-global-soccer-by-david-conn","title":"The Fall of the House of FIFA: The Multimillion-Dollar Corruption at the Heart of Global Soccer by David Conn","description":"\u003cp\u003eFifa was founded in 1904 to unite the football-playing world, its first congress stating that 'no person should be allowed to arrange matches for personal profit'. A little over a century later, a judge in a Brooklyn courtroom called Fifa a 'Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organisation (RICO) enterprise' - a term originally coined for the mafia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs dazzling World Cups captivated billions around the world Fifa became a commercial magnet, money pouring into its coffers. Its earnest foundations began to crumble as those entrusted with the sport wanted their share.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor forty years Joao Havelange and then Sepp Blatter presided over a Fifa now plagued with scandal - dawn raids, FBI investigations, allegations of money laundering, industrial-scale bribery, racketeering, tax evasion, vote-buying and theft that now came to define the organisation whose purpose is to foster international cooperation and nurture the spirit of this simple, beautiful game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Conn, football's most respected investigative journalist, chronicles the extraordinary history and staggering scale of corruption, paints revealing portraits of the men at the centre of Fifa - the power brokers, the indicted, the legends like Franz Beckenbauer and Michel Platini - and puts the allegations to Blatter himself in an extended interview.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Fall of the House of Fifa is the definitive story of Fifa's rise and the most spectacular fall sport has ever seen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Lovers BD","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":55304704098595,"sku":null,"price":330.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":55304704131363,"sku":null,"price":460.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":55304704164131,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0954\/5872\/2083\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_594e81cb-3453-4590-aa3e-6d6d235d4867.jpg?v=1783274186","url":"https:\/\/www.bookloversbd.shop\/products\/the-fall-of-the-house-of-fifa-the-multimillion-dollar-corruption-at-the-heart-of-global-soccer-by-david-conn","provider":"Book Lovers BD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}