Being part of declans team preparing the book i know how much effort and research declan invested in it. He presents convincing evidence that even games in the 2006 world cup in germany were fixed. Alleged fixing of games rocks soccer world weekend edition saturday host scott simon speaks with declan hill about the current international soccer fixing scandal. Sepp blatter, in particular, comes under scrutiny in declan hills book and it would have been helpful to get that out into this interview. There is a psychological refusal to admit this is going on, hill, an investigative journalist, said in a telephone interview wednesday, the same day uefa officials met with officials from. Nov 11, 20 declan hill is an investigative journalist, documentary maker and academic.
The fix is in the age melbourne, australia my life is over. Before publishing the fix, he completed documentaries on the killing of the head of the canadian mafia, blood feuds in kosovo and ethnic cleansing in iraq. Hill was the first person to show the new danger to international sport. I like the fact that in the fix each chapter is a new story this keeps thing new and fresh. Daily mail declan hill literally takes his life into his own hands. Apr, 2010 the fix is the most explosive story of sports corruption in a generation. Buy declan hill ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Most of my research focuses on corruption and the link with organized crime. I hope you will understand why after reading the book. Declan hill academic, author and journalist university of.
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I think you may never look at sport in the same way again. Soccer and organized crime by declan hill at indigo. Jul 08, 2010 declan hill, an investigative journalist and academic, wrote the book after spending years researching the corruption and illegal gambling that plague the worlds most popular sport, from. Read this book and youll second guess every referees dodgy call. The fix is the most explosive story of sports corruption. Intriguing, riveting, and compelling, it tells the story of an investigative journalist. Declans passion for our game, professional courage and expertise pours from every page. The fix tells stories of illegal activity in soccer in the americas, europe, asia, and africa.
It certainly is a bitter pill to swallow, but hill conclusively proves that match fixing is reaching epidemic proportions in the world of soccer. The insiders guide to matchfixing in football by declan hill. Today we are talking to declan hill about his new book the fix. In asia, europe, and world cups, journalist hill risked death to interview. Declan hill author declan hill is an investigative journalist and. Sep 11, 2008 author declan hill has just opened up a very large, very nasty can of worms with his new book, the fix. Soccer and organized crime and has advocated for toplevel action against match fixing since the books publication in september 2008. Part of the book details his involvement with an asian matchfixing gang as they travelled around the world to fix major football matches.
Declan hill is an investigative journalist and academic. After reading this my perception of the game has changed completely. All these cases are mentioned and examined in declan hill s good but somewhat depressing book about matchfixing in football. Declan hill in this book, the author explains the structure and mechanics of illegal gambling syndicates, what soccer players and referees do or not do to affect the outcome of their games, why relatively rich. Declan hill academic, author and journalist university. Mar 31, 2017 declan is a journalist, academic and consultant. In the last few years, he has completed documentaries on the killing of the head of the canadian mafia, blood feuds in kosovo, and more about declan hill. Nov 27, 2009 great interview and declan hills book is a great, if depressing, read. All these cases are mentioned and examined in declan hills good but somewhat depressing book about matchfixing in football. He is one of the worlds foremost experts on match fixing and corruption in international sports. Investigations professors bestselling book inspires a television. Author declan hill has just opened up a very large, very nasty can of worms with his new book, the fix. The explosive and controversial expose of matchfixing in professional soccer, now in paperback with an updated chapter. Jun 05, 2010 investigative journalist and author of the international best selling book the fix, declan hill sits down with james sharman of the scores footy show to discuss match fixing in soccer.
In 2008, hill, as a chevening scholar, obtained his doctorate in sociology at the university of oxford. Currently, he is a senior research fellow in anticorruption in sports at the university of wurzburg and a professor at the university of new haven. I would have liked you to ask him more questions about how corrupt the major organizations like uefa and fifa are. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Hill himself mentions in the book, all football fans like myself would rather not know about this. Investigations professors bestselling book inspires a television series. Soccer and organized crime is headed for the small screen feature film banner ineffable pictures will make its first foray into television. Soccer and organized crime by declan hill has been translated into more than 20 languages, and it is now motivation for a scripted. He was the first journalist to break the story of asian. Intriguing, riveting, and compelling, the fix is the story of investigative journalist, declan hill, who went inside a group of matchfixers who travel the world corrupting games. He came across a story about a new drama series that would be based on a book about matchfixing in sports, and wondered whose work the series would be based on.
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