Nan Yong, the head of the Chinese Football Association (CFA) has been taken in for questioning by police, who are investigating allegations of match-fixing. Yong, along with Yang Yimin, who is the vice-president of the CFA and Zhang Jianqiang, who was in charge of “refereeing arrangements”, is being questioned by police in order to “clarify some facts in several important cases of football gambling and illegal manipulating domestic football league games by using business bribery”.
In the past two months, 21 officials have been arrested or detained by officials investigating match-fixing allegations. The list includes the president of Chengdu Blades, a team which is owned by Sheffield United. Reuters were unable to contact anyone from the CFA who was willing to make a comment on the case.
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