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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... spoke to in Asia who said something like that ; all the other sports officials at least privately still claimed that it was a huge problem for them . After we spoke , I wandered about the AFC headquarters for a couple of days . It is a ...
... spoke to in Asia who said something like that ; all the other sports officials at least privately still claimed that it was a huge problem for them . After we spoke , I wandered about the AFC headquarters for a couple of days . It is a ...
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... spoke to would not give me Pal's address . " He is a very dangerous character , and I do not want to be responsible if anything bad happened to you . " His organization had a lot to do with Pal . They had used him as a prosecution ...
... spoke to would not give me Pal's address . " He is a very dangerous character , and I do not want to be responsible if anything bad happened to you . " His organization had a lot to do with Pal . They had used him as a prosecution ...
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... spoke to several Ghanaian officials . They confirmed everything the players had said . In fact , they went further . One of them said , " The fixer phoned the players in their hotel room . Some of the officials listened in on the ...
... spoke to several Ghanaian officials . They confirmed everything the players had said . In fact , they went further . One of them said , " The fixer phoned the players in their hotel room . Some of the officials listened in on the ...
Contents
PART II | 5 |
The Arrival of the Locusts | 77 |
A NORMAL WAY OF BUSINESS | 87 |
Copyright | |
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