China’s Top Soccer Official Targeted in Graft Probe

China’s most senior soccer official has been placed under investigation by the country’s anti-graft watchdog, the latest in a string of top Chinese Football Association (CFA) officials being probed as authorities deepen their crackdown on corruption within the sport.

CFA President Chen Xuyuan is suspected of “serious violations of discipline and law,” a common euphemism for corruption, according to a one-line statement published Tuesday by an inspection team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).