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b'No self-respecting sports fan is na\\xefve about the role that money plays in pro sports. But, by any standard, the greed and cynicism behind the World Cup are extraordinary. The cloud of scandal surrounding FIFA, the international soccer organization, has led to indictments and arrests on charges of wire fraud, racketeering, and money laundering around the globe. Headlines have been filled with reports of the deaths of workers who constructed the facilities. \\u201cPeople are normally careful enough not to leave a paper trail,\\u201d the contributor\\xa0Heidi Blake\\xa0notes. But she says, of investigating FIFA, \\u201cI\\u2019ve never seen graft and corruption documented in this kind of detail.\\u201d Blake speaks with David Remnick about \\u201cThe Ugly Game,\\u201d which she co-authored with Jonathan Calvert, and how Qatar came to host the World Cup.'