Red Card

The full story behind the FIFA's headline-grabbing corruption scandal, soon to be a major film

Informationen zum Autor Ken Bensinger is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and an award-winning investigative reporter for Buzzfeed News. He is based in Los Angeles.Find him on Twitter @kenbensinger Zusammenfassung WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS AWARD FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019The 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. Red Card will be a major film! produced by Pearl Street Films! the production company owned by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.

Vorwort
The full story behind the FIFA's headline-grabbing corruption scandal, soon to be a major film

Autorentext
Bensinger, Ken
Ken Bensinger is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and an award-winning investigative reporter for Buzzfeed News. He is based in Los Angeles.

Zusammenfassung
WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS AWARD FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 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. Red Card will be a major film, produced by Pearl Street Films, the production company owned by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.