BEIJING (Reuters) -China's crackdown on corruption in soccer claimed a notable figure on Friday when former Everton midfielder and national team coach Li Tie was sentenced to 20 years in prison ...

Li Tie, 47, who played for the English Premier League Everton alongside Wayne Rooney in the early 2000s, is the biggest name to fall foul of a sweeping crackdown on rampant graft in China’s ...

China on Friday jailed former Premier League star and men's national coach Li Tie for 20 years for bribery, snaring one of the country's greatest football figures in a sweeping government crackdown on ...

Former national team coach is the biggest name to be netted in China’s sweeping crackdown on corruption in sport. Li Tie, the former coach of China’s male football team, who has been jailed ...

BEIJING – Former China men’s national football team coach Li Tie has been jailed for 20 years, state media reported on Dec 13, following a lengthy trial on corruption charges. The former ...

Chinese former football star Li Tie, who was also coach of the country ... An intermediate court in China’s Hubei province handed down the conviction and sentence after Li pleaded guilty ...

The former head coach of Chinese men's national football team, Li Tie, has been sentenced to 20 years in jail, state media reported on Friday. It followed a lengthy trial during which Li was ...

The court in Xianning was told Li accepted over 50m yuan (£5.4m) in bribes from 2019 to 2011 when he was coach of China’s national team. In exchange for the bribes, Li allegedly chose certain ...

FORMER Everton star Li Tie has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for bribery. Li, 47, confessed to giving and receiving bribes, while also helping to fix matches. The former China midfielder ...

BEIJING, Dec 13 (Reuters) - China's crackdown on corruption in soccer claimed a notable figure on Friday when former Everton midfielder and national team coach Li Tie was sentenced to 20 years in ...

BEIJING — China's crackdown on corruption in football claimed a notable figure on Friday (Dec 13) when former Everton midfielder and national team coach Li Tie was sentenced to 20 years in ...