by Heidi Blake, Jonathan Calvert · Simon & Schuster Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781471149351
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«The Ugly Game» is the journalistic investigation by Heidi Blake and Jonathan Calvert, published by Simon & Schuster Ltd in paperback (480 pages, in English).
This investigation explains how Qatar, a country with no football tradition, managed to secure the 2022 World Cup. Drawing on the leaked 'FIFA Files' documents, Heidi Blake and Jonathan Calvert reconstruct the web of bribes and deals in the election process, and why FIFA backed the Qatari bid despite the accusations.
Original subtitle: 'The Qatari Plot to Buy the World Cup'. The book was nominated for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 2015.
For football fans and readers of investigative journalism who want to learn the ins and outs of the awarding of the 2022 World Cup.
