Former football boss admits taking bribes

The former deputy head of China’s football association was today sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison as part of a crackdown on corruption and match-fixing, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

Yang Yimin, convicted of taking 1.25 million yuan (€150.910) in bribes, was one of 39 people sentenced in a single session by the court in the north-eastern city of Tieling.