PtG Article 30.11.2005

In the wake of the ISL collapse

This is the story of an earthquake. It is the story of the collapse of the former marketing giant ISL/ISMM which was for decades the leader in the Olympic world – and in the world of football.

By: Jens Weinreich
Keywords: FIFA ISL Corruption Federations and organisations

It is also a story of curious legal turbulences and, of course, the story of the biggest corruption system which was ever established in the world of sports.

Read the story of the collapse of ISL here

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