Fifa was founded in 1904 to unite the football-playing world, its first congress stating that 'no person should be allowed to arrange matches for personal profit'. A little over a century later, a judge in a Brooklyn courtroom called...

The story of Fifa is traced from its amateur origins to the corruption-blighted administration of the Blatter era. David Conn's love of football and forensic ability to follow the money are powerfully evident throughout. von Conn, David