The Fix
Soccer and Organized Crime
Nonfiction, Sports, Football (Soccer), Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime, Social Science
| Author: | Declan Hill | ISBN: | 9781551992495 |
| Publisher: | McClelland & Stewart | Publication: | April 13, 2010 |
| Imprint: | McClelland & Stewart | Language: | English |
| Author: | Declan Hill |
| ISBN: | 9781551992495 |
| Publisher: | McClelland & Stewart |
| Publication: | April 13, 2010 |
| Imprint: | McClelland & Stewart |
| Language: | English |
The 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.
The 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.
