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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr.) ; 346338957 bytes |
| Summary |
Billionaire Frank Lowy dreamt of capping off an extraordinarily successful life by bringing the sporting world's most glittering prize home to Australia. It would be the final triumphant chapter in a career built on defying impossible odds. But in the exclusive club of world football, Frank would find himself played by others even richer and more powerful than him. It was a stunning and humiliating fall from grace.Now, for the first time, the inside story is exclusively told by the key players themselves including Frank Lowy; former Prime Minister, John Howard; disgraced FIFA President Sepp Blatter; Olympic Sports Supremo, John Coates; former FFA CEO, John O'Neill; Steven Lowy; Lowy close advisor, Mark Ryan; biographer Jill Margo; film director Phillip Noyce; and Australia's Bid Consultants.Narrated by Leigh Sales, this one-hour documentary reveals just how Australia came unstuck in the treacherous international game of sports diplomacy, politics, money and intrigue.Candid never-before-seen private footage lays bare the last three painful days of Australia's bid to host the 2022 Football World Cup and reveals the heartbreaking moment when Frank discovers the truth.Played: Inside Australia's Failed World Cup Bid goes behind the scenes into an exclusive world that is rarely captured and almost never seen - joining Frank Lowy and the Australian Bid Team as what should have been the biggest triumph of their lives, became their greatest public failure.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Narrated by Leigh Sales. Executive Producer Southern Pictures: Laurie Critchley. ABC TV Commissioning Editor, Factual/Documentaries: Anita Brown |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2015-11-17 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Football -- Corrupt practices.
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Letting of contracts -- Costs.
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Soccer -- Tournaments.
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World Cup (Soccer)
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Australia.
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Switzerland -- Zurich.
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Streaming video
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Sales, Leigh, host
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