The Fix: Soccer and Organized CrimeThe Fix is the most explosive story of sports corruption in a generation. Intriguing, riveting, and compelling, it tells the story of an investigative journalist who sets out to examine the world of match-fixing in professional soccer. From the Introduction Understand how gambling fixers work to corrupt a soccer game and you will understand how they move into a basketball league, a cricket tournament, or a tennis match (all places, by the way, that criminal fixers have moved into). My views on soccer have changed. I still love the Saturday-morning game between amateurs: the camaraderie and the fresh smell of grass. But the professional game leaves me cold. I hope you will understand why after reading the book. I think you may never look at sport in the same way again. |
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... Kuala Lumpur , with the temperature in the nineties and me sweltering in a woollen suit , I went to their headquar- ters . Say the words Kuala Lumpur and it may conjure up images of palm trees , exotic buildings , and flowing rivers ...
... Kuala Lumpur , with the temperature in the nineties and me sweltering in a woollen suit , I went to their headquar- ters . Say the words Kuala Lumpur and it may conjure up images of palm trees , exotic buildings , and flowing rivers ...
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... Kuala Lumpur . Here is an edited excerpt from the conversations about the purported head of the gang and his position in the country : Do you think I went out to Kuala Lumpur on the off chance ? Absolutely not . Because the Short Man ...
... Kuala Lumpur . Here is an edited excerpt from the conversations about the purported head of the gang and his position in the country : Do you think I went out to Kuala Lumpur on the off chance ? Absolutely not . Because the Short Man ...
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... Kuala Lumpur , Uncle Jimmie did what few soccer officials would presumably do - he met him and lent him money : I was walking around in Kuala Lumpur . I phoned Uncle Jimmie . We met , I can't remember where . Uncle Jimmie gave me ...
... Kuala Lumpur , Uncle Jimmie did what few soccer officials would presumably do - he met him and lent him money : I was walking around in Kuala Lumpur . I phoned Uncle Jimmie . We met , I can't remember where . Uncle Jimmie gave me ...
Contents
PART II | 5 |
The Arrival of the Locusts | 77 |
A NORMAL WAY OF BUSINESS | 87 |
Copyright | |
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