Song Kai, formerly of Liaoning province’s sports bureau, will be the new CFA president.
BEIJING: A new top leadership for China’s Football Association was announced on Monday, state media reported, following a corruption probe that has swept up some of the country’s biggest names in the sport.
Song Kai, formerly of Liaoning province’s sports bureau, will be the new CFA president, a short article in the People’s Daily newspaper said.Song’s predecessor, Chen Xuyuan, was formally charged with “accepting bribes” in September. A probe into Chen was announced in February by the government’s sport agency, which accused him at the time of “serious violations of discipline and the law”.Fighting graft has long been a central theme of President Xi Jinping’s rule, with the Chinese leader waging a sweeping campaign since taking office that critics claim helps him purge political rivals.
Xi has described himself as a football fan and said he dreams of China hosting and winning a World Cup one day. But after a boom period when clubs in China’s top domestic league signed foreign stars for exorbitant fees, many teams hit hard times with several – including former champions Jiangsu FC – going bust.
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