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 ...

China jails ex-national coach Li Tie for 20 years for bribery, highlighting systemic corruption in football and President Xi’s relentless anti-graft campaign.

China yesterday jailed former English Premier League star and China men’s national coach Li Tie for 20 years for bribery, snaring one of the country’s greatest soccer figures in a sweeping government ...

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 ...

Televised confession - China's legal system is tightly controlled by the ruling Communist Party and courts have a near-100 percent conviction rate in criminal cases. Li's conviction seemed certain ...

The authorities have shown the determination to take painful measures to eradicate corruption. And the investigation against ...

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 ...

China top disciplinary agency is set to convene a pivotal plenary session from Jan 6 to 8 where it will outline key ...