Former Chinese National Football Team Coach Admits to Bribery and Match-Fixing

Li Tie and ex-CFA boss Chen Xuyuan confess to corruption in televised documentary amid ongoing anti-graft campaign in Chinese football.

Former Chinese national football team coach Li Tie admitted in a televised confession to paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to secure his position, as well as involvement in match-fixing.
Li Tie arranged nearly $421,000 in bribes to secure the head coach position and helped fix matches when he was a club coach.
Chen Xuyuan, the former chairman of the Chinese Football Association (CFA), was charged with taking bribes and said corruption was rife in the sport.
Chen Xuyuan received a 'congratulatory' 300,000 yuan (US$42,000) each from two club officials the night before he became CFA boss in 2019.
The anti-corruption campaign in Chinese football has entered its 11th year, with a number of high-profile heads rolling in the past year as a result of an anti-graft investigation across Chinese sport.