Former football boss admits taking bribes
The former deputy head of China’s football association was today sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison as part of a crackdown on corruption and match-fixing, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
Yang Yimin, convicted of taking 1.25 million yuan (€150.910) in bribes, was one of 39 people sentenced in a single session by the court in the north-eastern city of Tieling.
They included former head of the referees’ committee, Zhang Jianqiang, who received a 12-year sentence for taking bribes totalling 2.73 million yuan (€329,580), and the former presidents or head coaches of five clubs in the Chinese league.
The club officials received sentences up to eight years for bribery, gambling and other offences related to fixing matches.
