It's the official body responsible for regulating the world's most popular sport, but it is regularly accused of corruption.

In this episode, we'll look at why this is, some of the biggest scandals in FIFA history, and see what the organisation is doing to clean itself up.

Sepp Blatter & North Korea
The early history of football
The founding of FIFA
Culture of corruption
FIFA scandals
How does FIFA choose what country hosts a World Cup?
Accepting bribes to give South Africa the World Cup
The 2010 decision to award the World Cup to Russia and Qatar
The man at the top: Sepp Blatter

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/fifa-corruption

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