Charged With Five Crimes, Ex-Head Coach of China’s National Soccer Team Will Stand Trial in Hubei

The former head coach of the Chinese national men’s soccer team has been charged in Hubei province with five crimes including bribery as China’s wide-ranging campaign against corruption in the sport continues.

Li Tie, 46, was charged with separate counts of offering and accepting bribes as a state employee and as a non-state employee, as well as being in charge of or directly related to an entity that’s suspected of offering bribes, according to a Wednesday statement from the provincial prosecutor’s office.