BEIJING: China sentenced a football referee to 10 years in prison yesterday for taking bribes worth a total of 370,000 yuan (US$44,700).
Gong Jianping, then chief referee for the Chinese FA's First and Second Division matches, accepted money and goods nine times from 2000 to 2001, the official China Central Television said.
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