Former Chinese Soccer Association Vice President Gets 11 Years in Sweeping Graft Crackdown

By Kelly Wang and Qin Jianhang

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What’s new: A former vice president of the Chinese Football Association (CFA) is among four ex-soccer officials who have been sentenced for bribery this week, following the country’s sweeping anti-corruption crackdown on the sport.

Li Yuyi, 69, has been sentenced to 11 years of prison for bribery, according to a Monday statement from Jinzhou Intermediate People’s Court in Central China’s Hubei province. Li previously pleaded guilty to accepting more than 12 million yuan ($1.7 million) in bribes when he stood trial in March.

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Former CFA vice president Li Yuyi was sentenced to 11 years for accepting over 12 million yuan in bribes.
Huang Song, ex-CFA competition head, received a seven-year sentence for taking over 6 million yuan in bribes.
Two local officials, Gu Jianming and Fu Xiang, were sentenced for bribery and embezzlement, receiving six and 11 years, respectively.

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November 2022：: Li Yuyi became a target of the wide-ranging graft probe that has ensnared more than a dozen senior soccer officials and executives.

March 2024：: Li Yuyi stood trial and pleaded guilty to accepting more than 12 million yuan ($1.7 million) in bribes.

March 2024：: Huang Song was charged with receiving over 6 million yuan in bribes.

Monday 2024：: Jinzhou Intermediate People’s Court in Central China’s Hubei province sentenced Li Yuyi to 11 years of prison for bribery.

Monday 2024：: A local court in Jiayu county in Hubei sentenced Fu Xiang, former director of the Wuhan Football Sport Management Center, to 11 years for taking and offering bribes.

Tuesday 2024：: A separate court in Songzi, Hubei, sentenced Huang Song to seven years of imprisonment for accepting bribes.

Tuesday 2024：: Tongcheng County People’s Court in Hubei sentenced Gu Jianming, former president of the Chengdu Football Association, to six years behind bars for embezzlement and giving and accepting bribes.

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