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  • Red Card

  • FIFA and the Fall of the Most Powerful Men in Sports
  • Written by: Ken Bensinger
  • Narrated by: Mike Capozzola
  • Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
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Red Card

Written by: Ken Bensinger
Narrated by: Mike Capozzola
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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 (filmed as Houses of Deceit) will be a major film, produced by Pearl Street Films, the production company owned by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.
©2018 Ken Bensinger (P)2018 Audible, Ltd
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In corruption we unite!

The ugly side of democracy (cash for votes), free-market economy (undercutting the competition by bribes and kickbacks , creating monopoly/forming cartels) and brick by brick demolition of institutions by its self serving officials, are all on full display, very sadly though, in the arena of international soccer. The usual suspects tax havens, swiss bank accounts, shell companies et al. too make an appearance in this gory saga.

Seeing the recent incidents of wresler Satender Malik and the reasoning applied by the refree in his match or the Prafull Patel episode playing out in courts, it is clear that Indian sports still has a long way to go. This book may help you understand some of the reasons why politicians cling on to the sports federation posts even though they may have never played any sport in their entire lives.


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