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Ex-Chinese Soccer Chiefs Given Life Bans

Description:Two former Chinese soccer chiefs have been banned for life after they were jailed in June for accepting bribes while Shanghai Shenhua have been hit by a points deduction for next season, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday (February 18). Nan Yong, the former head of Chinese soccer, was sentenced to 10 and a half years for taking bribes worth more than 1.48 million yuan ($237,500) while his predecessor Xie Yalong received an identical sentence and was also fined 200,000 yuan. (1:23)

Source: Reuters - Sports

Tags: reuters , didier drogba , Jiang Jin , Li Ming