Insightful and well-researched, shocking even if part of it is true: the role of the mafia and professional gambling syndicates play in fixing soccer matches around the world, including games at the highest level. Well written, and surely well-researched, given that Hill did his PhD on the same topic! ( )

A fantastic look into the world of illegal gambling and its threat to the integrity of sports. Declan Hill travels around the world trying to discover why people fix soccer games and how they do it. He uncovered some shocking truths that will make any sports fan cringe. Match fixing occurs around the world and there is virtually nothing that governments can do to stop it. I will never look at soccer the same way having read this book. ( )