Two Top Chinese Soccer Officials Under Corruption Probe

What’s new: Two senior officials of the Chinese Football Association, the governing body for the country’s professional soccer league, were placed under investigation by the top anti-graft agency as Beijing continues a drive to stamp out corruption that has bedeviled Chinese football.

Chen Yongliang, executive deputy secretary-general of the Chinese Football Association (CFA), and Liu Yi, the CFA’s former secretary-general, are under investigation for a suspected severe violation of the law, according to an official statement posted Thursday on the website of the anti-corruption body in central China’s Hubei province.