Former China football chief given life sentence for 'huge' bribery

Chinese football officials given long jail terms over corruption scandal

Former chairman of the Chinese Football Association Chen Xuyuan given life sentence for bribery while other administrators are jailed for up to 14 years.

Chen Xuyuan, former chairman of the Chinese Football Association, sentenced to life imprisonment for, among other things, match-fixing and bribery.

Ex-China football chief given life sentence over bribes

A former chief of China's football association has been sentenced to life in prison for accepting more than $10m in bribes following one of the biggest anti-corruption probes in the sport in years.

China sentences ex-soccer chief to life in prison in latest crackdown on sports corruption

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The former head of China’s official soccer association has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in the central Chinese province of Hubei, in the latest crackdown on the country’s corruption-plagued professional football league. The ex-soccer chief, Chen Xuyuan, was jailed on Tuesday alongside multiple senior sporting executives, according to state media, following a months-long investigation. Despite Ch…

China's former football chief sentenced to life for bribery

A former president of the Chinese Football Association (CFA), Chen Xuyuan, has been sentenced to life in prison for bribery.

Chen Hsu-yuan, the former head of China's National Football Association, has been sentenced to life in prison for accepting bribes and bribes, Chinese state media reported on Tuesday.