{"id":441349,"date":"2026-01-29T18:21:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T18:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/441349\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T18:21:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T18:21:15","slug":"chinas-soccer-cleanup-hits-major-clubs-with-points-deductions-and-fines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/441349\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Soccer Cleanup Hits Major Clubs With Points Deductions and Fines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s soccer governing body docked points from 13 professional clubs and imposed lifetime bans on dozens of former officials and players Thursday, escalating a years-long campaign to stamp out systemic corruption in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese Football Association (CFA) handed down the sweeping penalties just as teams were preparing for the 2026 season. Authorities said the disciplinary actions target what they describe as the \u201cfake, gambling, and black\u201d trilogy \u2014 match-fixing, illegal betting and bribery \u2014 that has tainted both the Chinese Super League and lower-tier divisions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/loading.gif\" alt=\"loadingImg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve accessed an article available only to subscribers<\/p>\n<p>VIEW OPTIONS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China\u2019s soccer governing body docked points from 13 professional clubs and imposed lifetime bans on dozens of former&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-441349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}