Says he wants to publish damning report… June 24, 2010: THE TIMING was brilliant. I don’t believe the prosecutors in Zug conspired with FIFA to release their statement as the first round of the World Cup in South Africa was ending and the eyes of fans were on teams advancing …
Read More »My Daddy said: Advice for a young lover
“Other women will fall in love with your husband.” These are not words you want to hear, especially while the blush and glow of your first anniversary is heating your blood and warming your soul. No, you do not want to hear those words, especially not from your father. You …
Read More »Love’s diary: Missed you, baby
Budding author Raheema Sayyid-Andrews shares another powerful love story with Wired868: “I missed you,” he says. She has just stepped through the door and he meets her at the threshold and wraps his arms around her. Her face finds its place between his neck and shoulder and she breathes in his …
Read More »Love always: a tale of passion between the covers
Budding author Raheema Sayyid-Andrews shares an enduring love with Wired868: When she was eleven, she fell in love. There were no fireworks or lightning bolts but it was intense, life-altering… and forever. It was the first time she read a romance novel. It was written by Barbara Cartland, set in the …
Read More »Omertà (part thirteen): How the FIFA crooks got away with it
In secret, they confess… Zug, September 21, 2009: FIFA President Sepp Blatter swallowed his pride and travelled in his chauffeured black Mercedes from his luxurious office high above Zurich to the austere lakeside office in Zug of the Chief Prosecutor, Christian Aebi. Blatter’s driver was probably wise enough not to …
Read More »Voices From The Ghetto: On Bended Knees (Part 3)
The following is the third in a series of poems from “Voices From The Ghetto”, published by author Gaiven Clairmont and serialised in Wired868: The tears flood her face As it already floods her heart She kneels to pray With distress etched through her frowns Frowns in response to the …
Read More »Voices From The Ghetto: On Bended Knees (Part 2)
The following is the second in a series of poems from “Voices From The Ghetto”, published by author Gaiven Clairmont and serialised in Wired868: I’ve been in situations like this before But it hasn’t been as hopeless as this As the rope digs into my flesh Painfully reminding me of …
Read More »Omertà (part twelve): Jean-Marie Weber Must Not be Sacked!
Why Do Blatter and Havelange need him? Tuesday March 11, 2008, Zug: Here they come, smartly dressed in their businessman suits, pretending it’s an ordinary day at the office, walking quickly past the pack of jackals with their TV cameras and notebooks blocking the glass and brick canyon leading to …
Read More »The Black Butterflies: Something in the air
The Black Butterflies: Chapter eight December 22nd, 1992. We all woke up late, the next morning. Arlene was up first and I filled her in about last night, while she finished up breakfast. Patrick joined us a little later and informed us that he had some men sweeping the house …
Read More »Voices From The Ghetto: On Bended Knees (Part 1)
The following is the first in a series of poems from “Voices From The Ghetto”, published by author Gaiven Clairmont and serialised in Wired868: She dusts off her pillow Before setting it adjacent to her bed She kneels solemnly As she acknowledges her Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ She begins …
Read More »Omertà (part eleven): Hildbrand’s Game of Two Halves
Investigating the Bribe Master and the Bag Man THE ARROGANT OLD MAN in Rio, now aged 94, refused to admit his guilt, refused to say sorry for his quarter century of stealing millions from world football, refused to give back those millions. Castor Andrade never said sorry. Why should he? …
Read More »The Black Butterflies: This place was home
The Black Butterflies: Chapter seven December 21st, 1992. The house did not start to take on the feel of Christmas until this day. We had more or less breezed through the weekend.Some of the plans that we discussed were in action, the surveillance of our one main lead so far …
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