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Multiple prison sentences in Chinese football

Published: 20 August 2024
Multiple prison sentences in Chinese football
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Huang Song, former match director in China's football association, is sentenced to seven years in prison for having received bribes, writes Reuters.

He also has to pay nearly 900,000 kronor in fines.

The former board member of the Chinese football association, Gu Jianming, is also sentenced to prison for corruption.

Gu faces six years in prison and a fine of over 600,000 kronor.

The verdicts are part of a series of lawsuits against former football top executives in China. The sport has long been plagued by corruption, something President Xi Jinping has cracked down on.

According to AFP, ten high-ranking individuals within Chinese football have been investigated over the past few months.

On Monday, the former vice chairman of China's football association, Li Yuyi, was sentenced to eleven years in prison.

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