China’s soccer authorities issued a new round of punishments in a widening crackdown on match-fixing, gambling and corruption, imposing lifetime bans on 17 people and shorter bans on 48 others, including former executives at some of the country’s best-known clubs.
The Chinese Football Association said Thursday that the 17 people had been found by courts to have committed crimes and would be barred for life from any soccer-related activity. The association also said 48 people who had seriously violated industry rules would be banned from soccer-related work for five years or less.
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