He had been China's men's national team coach from January 2020 to December 2021. The saga was the latest in a string of corruption cases that have blighted Chinese football over many years.

the sport has grown organically as a grassroots activity over the past 100 years," Mr Simons says. "Professional football in China has continually failed because it's supported by nothing - their ...

String of defeats and finishing bottom of World Cup qualifying group comes a decade after Xi Jinping launched a football crusade ...

It would take another 10 years before corruption in football exploded into the spotlight. Some suggest this was prompted by China's intolerably bad performances on the pitch. The struggles of ...