Andrew Jennings, investigative sports reporter who exposed Fifa corruption, dies at 78


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Andrew Jennings, a groundbreaking investigative journalist who exposed the darker corners of the Olympic movement and soccer body Fifa, has died. He was 78. A post written Monday on his official Twitter account said Jennings died Saturday “after a brief, sudden illness.” No more details were given. “If you had to put only one name to the revolution of the international sports debate over the past 30 years … that name and that person would be Andrew Jennings,” wrote Jens Sejer Andersen, director of the sports integrity campaign group Play The Game. Jennings pursued evidence and wrote books that rocked...