- Two former Chinese soccer heads were sentenced on June 13 to 10 and a half years in prison for taking bribes, marking the culmination of a campaign to eliminate graft in the Chinese professional soccer leagues, which had been afflicted with match-fixing, gambling and other illicit behavior.
Xie Yalong, former deputy chief of China's football association, and his successor Nan Yong, were each fined 200,000 yuan.
Special coverage: Tackling Football Corruption
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Left: Xie Yalong is transferred to the court before his trial in Dandong city, Liaoning province, April 24, 2012. |
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