WUHAN - Wang Xiaoping, former director of the disciplinary committee of the Chinese Football Association, has been sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison for bribery, a court in Central China's Hubei province said.

Wang was also fined 700,000 yuan (about $97,887), and all of his illegal gains from bribery and related earnings will be recovered and turned over to the national treasury, the people's court of Songzi city in Hubei announced in a public ruling on Wednesday.

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The case was heard in public on April 16, 2025, according to the court.

Meanwhile, Liu Jun, former chairman of the Chinese Super League company, operator of the country's top-tier professional football league, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for taking bribes.

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The sentence was handed down by the People's Court of Tongshan County in Hubei Province in central China on Wednesday.

Liu was also fined 1.1 million yuan (about $153,822) while his illegal gains resulting from the bribery will be recovered and turned over to the state treasury.