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States of play : how sportswashing took over football
Delaney, Miguel2025
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Journeying from Abu Dhabi to Newcastle, and onto London, Paris, Moscow and New York, journalist Miguel Delaney investigates the allegations of sportswashing and misconduct in the beautiful game. The result is a gripping account of how football has been taken over by the world's wealthiest businessmen, state-backed corporations, media tycoons and oil-rich oligarchs. Fully updated to cover Saudi Arabia's 2034 World Cup bid, the Manchester City charges case and the events of the 2024/25 season.
Main title:
States of play : how sportswashing took over football / Miguel Delaney.
Author:
Delaney, Miguel, author
Imprint:
London : Seven Dials, 2025.
Collation:
528 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781399619424 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.334796.334 DEL
Language:
English
BRN:
4094284