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Red Card

FIFA and the Fall of the Most Powerful Men in Sports

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Red Card

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 Football (Soccer) True Crime Sports Money New York

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Great read/listen. My jaw hit the floor more than a few times listening to the depth of the corruption. Its told in a pacey way that keeps you enthralled. I big recommendation from me.

A football thriller

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Very readable expose of the corruption within FIFA. Good storytelling covering a wide range of characters

Readable expose

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the actual content is excellent, the narrator is too quick though like he is rushing

great book, narrator too quick

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Awful narration of a very interesting but complicated subject. He never paused his narration even when the subject matter changed. It ruined my enjoyment.

Awful Narration

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