(Reuters) - Former table tennis world champion Cai Zhenhua has been appointed the new president of the Chinese Football Association (CFA), the Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.
A well-decorated paddler who achieved greater success as coach, Cai, also China's vice sports minister, will replace the 75-year-old Yuan Weimin following the first reshuffle of the CFA executive board in a decade.
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