Banned FIFA executives (from left): Sepp Blatter, Mohamed bin Hammam, Jack Warner and Chuck Blazer
The FBI vs. FIFA The exclusive account of how a small band of federal agents and an outsized corrupt official brought down the sports world’s biggest governing body. BY S H AU N AS S A EL A N D B R ET T FO R R E ST W I T H V I V E K C H A U D H A RY
P H OTO ILLUSTRATIO N S BY J OSU E EV I L L A FROM LEFT: JAPARIDZE MIKHAIL/TASS/ZUMA PRESS; SAEED KHAN/AFP/GETTY IMAGES; ANDREW MILLIGAN/PA WIRE/ZUMA PRESS; MARIO CASTILLO/JAM MEDIA/LATINCONTENT/GETTY IMAGES
02.29.2016 ES PN 9