” The China Football Association has imposed lifetime bans on 43 individuals, including players and officials, after a two-year investigation revealed widespread match-fixing and corruption in Chinese football. ”
The china Football Association has imposed lifetime ban on 43 people on charges of match fixing and other corruptions. This action of the association includes 38 players and 5 match officials. China’s record is generally good in other sports. Due to this, it was at second place with 40 gold medals during the Olympics. But due to corruption in football, its position has always been very bad. To improve it and eliminate corruption in this sport, the Chinese Football Association has taken this step after a two-year long investigation.
In this investigation of the Chinese Football Association, 120 matches, 128 suspects and 41 clubs were targeted. The association conducted a two-year long investigation, after which 38 players and 5 match officials were found guilty. The investigation revealed that all of them were involved in online gambling, match fixing and corruption cases. At the same time, short term bans have been imposed on some foreign players and officials. These included some foreign players who had shifted to China for higher salary.
The third round of Asia qualification round for 2026 World Cup has started. Just last week, Japan defeated China 7-0. This was China’s biggest defeat against Japan. Now it is facing Saudi Arabia. 2026 World Cup is to be hosted by America, Mexico and Canada and 48 teams will participate in it. China is at number 87 in the current FIFA ranking. It still has a chance to qualify for it. 18 teams are competing for FIFA World Cup 2026. They have been divided into 3 groups of 6 each (A, B, C). Top-2 teams of each group will directly qualify for the World Cup, while the number 3 and 4 teams will have to struggle again in the fourth round. All the teams have played one match each so far. After this, UAE and Iran are in Group A, Iraq and Jordan are in Group B, while Japan and Bahrain are in the top-2 in Group C. China is at the last position in Group C after losing to Japan. (PLC & GT )
