China's crackdown on corruption in soccer claimed a notable figure on Friday when former Everton midfielder and national team coach Li Tie was sentenced to 20 years in prison for giving and receiving bribes.

Li Tie, 47, who played for the English Premier League Everton alongside Wayne Rooney in the early 2000s, is the biggest name to fall foul of a sweeping crackdown on rampant graft in China’s professional soccer league. Despite leader Xi Jinping’s vision ...

China sentences former Everton star and national team coach to 20 years for corruption - One of biggest names in Chinese football found guilty of taking bribes as coach of national team

Anti-graft authorities in China took aim at the sports industry in 2022 and announced a string of convictions for former soccer administrators this week.

The former coach of the Chinese men's national soccer team Li Tie has received a 20-year prison sentence for bribery.

China on Friday jailed former Premier League star and men’s national coach Li Tie for 20 years for bribery, snaring one of the country’s greatest football figures in a sweeping government crackdown on corruption in sport. Li Tie looks on ahead of the ...

The former coach of the Chinese men's national football team has received a 20-year-prison sentence for bribery, Chinese state media has reported.

The former Everton player “was sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment of 20 years at an initial trial”. Read more at straitstimes.com.

China yesterday jailed former English Premier League star and China men’s national coach Li Tie for 20 years for bribery, snaring one of the country’s greatest soccer figures in a sweeping government crackdown on corruption in sport.

Li Tie, 47, who played for the English Premier League Everton alongside Wayne Rooney in the early 2000s, is the biggest name to fall foul of a sweeping crackdown on rampant graft in China’s ...

Former China men’s national football team coach Li Tie has been jailed for 20 years, state media reported Friday, following a lengthy trial on corruption charges. Former Everton player Li “was sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment of 20 years at an ...

China on Friday jailed former Premier League star and men’s national coach Li Tie for 20 years for bribery, snaring one of the country’s greatest football figures in a sweeping government crackdown on corruption in sport. President Xi Jinping has waged ...