China sentences former Premier League soccer star to 20 years in prison for corruption
A former Chinese soccer star and coach of the country’s national men’s team has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for corruption, state media reported on Friday.
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China's crackdown on corruption in soccer claimed a notable figure on Friday when former Everton midfielder and national team coach Li Tie was sentenced to 20 years in prison for giving and receiving bribes.
China jails former national football coach for 20 years for bribery
Liu Tie, who once played in the English Premier League as a midfielder for Everton, was found guilty of “leveraging his positions” as head coach of the national football and national selection team to receive bribes of more than 50 million yuan (about $7 million),
China jails ex-football head coach for bribery
The former coach of the Chinese national men's football team has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for bribery, state media reported. Li Tie, who also played for Everton in the English Premier League,
China sentences former sports body deputy head to 14 years in prison for bribery
Du Zhaocai, the former deputy head of China's General Administration of Sport, has been sentenced to 14 years and fined 4 million yuan ($550,000) for taking bribes, Chinese state media reported on Friday.
China jails former Premier League star Li Tie 20 years for corruption
China on Friday jailed former Premier League star and men's national coach Li Tie for 20 years for bribery, snaring one of the country's greatest football figures in a sweeping
Former China men's football coach jailed 20 years for corruption
Former China men's national football team coach Li Tie has been jailed for 20 years, state media reported Friday, following a lengthy trial on corruption charges.Xi is a self-proclaimed football fan who wants China to host and win the World Cup one day,
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