Fifa media rights income trebles since 2002, despite ‘web of corruption’

(Alex Livesey - Danehouse/Getty Images)
(Alex Livesey - Danehouse/Getty Images)
An analysis conducted by SportBusiness Media shows that the Fifa World Cup’s global media rights value has kept pace with other blue-riband sporting events, despite what the US Department of Justice described as a 'web of corruption' curtailing its value during the 2000s and early 2010s.

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