Two former China football officials sentenced for corruption


Wang Xiaoping, who previously headed the Chinese Football Association's disciplinary committee, was handed a sentence of 10 and a half years for bribery. - chinanews.com

BEIJING: Chinese courts sentenced two former football officials to jail terms of over a decade and imposed massive fines on Wednesday, part of an ongoing crackdown on graft in the sport.

Liu Jun, the former head of China's top professional football league, was given an 11-year jail term by a court in central Hubei province.

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