Bulgaria's Slavkov in Scandalous Book about FIFA Secret World
Sports | April 21, 2006, Friday
Andrew Jennings takes apart FIFA in his new book, due to hit the market at the beginning of May
Ivan Slavkov features in "Foul!", a scandalous book about the secret world of FIFA, the author Andrew Jennings told www.novinite.com.
The Bulgarian was expelled from the International Olympic Committee and lost his chief position in the Bulgarian Football Union over a bribery scandal, triggered by BBC documentary "Buying the Games" last year.
Andrew Jennings, author of a number of books that helped uncover corruption within the International Olympic Committee, says his new work reveals bribes, vote rigging and ticket scandals in FIFA on the eve of the 2006 World Cup.
"Since September 2005 FIFA and its President Sepp Blatter have been urging a Swiss court in secret to impose a European ban on the publication of FOUL! backed up with threats of fines and jail sentences for the publisher and author. The attempt to ban the book was dismissed and now FIFA and President Blatter have appealed," Andrew Jennings said.
In his new book, due to hit the market at the beginning of May, Andrew Jennings takes apart the organisation that runs world football.
He claims there is a ticking time bomb in FIFA's bank records and that leading sports officials have been forced to turn out their pockets and return their bribes. The book presents the case about claims of vote-rigging during the 1998 FIFA presidency, the President's campaign expenses, contracts awarded to FIFA insiders and the power struggles that the author claims threaten to tear FIFA apart.
Andrew Jennings was a consultant to BBC's documentary "Buying the Games", which led to the expulsion of Bulgarian IOC member Ivan Slavkov.
His books exposing Olympic corruption, "The Lords of the Rings" and "The New Lords of the Rings", were acclaimed bestsellers in the ‘90s. He writes for many leading publications in the UK and Europe, and produces and presents programmes for the BBC.
The Bulgarian was expelled from the International Olympic Committee and lost his chief position in the Bulgarian Football Union over a bribery scandal, triggered by BBC documentary "Buying the Games" last year.
Andrew Jennings, author of a number of books that helped uncover corruption within the International Olympic Committee, says his new work reveals bribes, vote rigging and ticket scandals in FIFA on the eve of the 2006 World Cup.
"Since September 2005 FIFA and its President Sepp Blatter have been urging a Swiss court in secret to impose a European ban on the publication of FOUL! backed up with threats of fines and jail sentences for the publisher and author. The attempt to ban the book was dismissed and now FIFA and President Blatter have appealed," Andrew Jennings said.
In his new book, due to hit the market at the beginning of May, Andrew Jennings takes apart the organisation that runs world football.
He claims there is a ticking time bomb in FIFA's bank records and that leading sports officials have been forced to turn out their pockets and return their bribes. The book presents the case about claims of vote-rigging during the 1998 FIFA presidency, the President's campaign expenses, contracts awarded to FIFA insiders and the power struggles that the author claims threaten to tear FIFA apart.
Andrew Jennings was a consultant to BBC's documentary "Buying the Games", which led to the expulsion of Bulgarian IOC member Ivan Slavkov.
His books exposing Olympic corruption, "The Lords of the Rings" and "The New Lords of the Rings", were acclaimed bestsellers in the ‘90s. He writes for many leading publications in the UK and Europe, and produces and presents programmes for the BBC.
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