Two Former Chinese Football Officials Sentenced for Bribery in Anti-Corruption Drive

Liu Yi and Tan Hai receive prison terms as China's crackdown on football corruption intensifies.

Liu Yi, former secretary general of the Chinese Football Association (CFA), was sentenced to 11 years in prison and fined 3.6 million yuan for bribery.
Tan Hai, former head of the CFA's referee management department, received a six-and-a-half-year sentence and a 200,000 yuan fine for similar charges.
Both officials' illegal gains will be confiscated and turned over to the state treasury, with further recovery efforts for any shortfall.
These rulings follow a broader anti-corruption campaign targeting Chinese football since late 2022, part of President Xi Jinping's wider crackdown on graft.
The campaign has already led to life imprisonment for former CFA chief Chen Xuyuan and guilty pleas from ex-national team coach Li Tie earlier this year.