A former Chinese soccer star and coach of the country’s national men’s team has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for corruption, state media reported on Friday.

Former China coach Li Tie has lost his appeal against a 20-year prison sentence handed down late last year for giving and receiving bribes, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday.

A Chinese court has sentenced former Everton midfielder Li Tie to 20 years in prison for giving and receiving bribes as Beijing intensifies its crackdown on corruption. Li, one of his country’s ...

Former Everton midfielder Li Tie has been sentenced to 20 years in jail on corruption charges according to Chinese state media.

Li Tie, the former head coach of the Chinese men’s national soccer team who played for Everton in the Premier League, has lost an appeal against his 20-year prison sentence for offering and ...

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 for giving and ...

Former China national team coach Li Tie has lost his appeal of a 20-year prison sentence handed down on corruption charges.

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 ...

Beijing – Former China men's national soccer team coach Li Tie has been jailed for 20 years, state media reported Friday, following a lengthy trial on corruption charges. Li, a former Everton ...

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 ...

Former China national team coach Li Tie lost his appeal against a 20-year prison sentence handed down on corruption charges, a Chinese court announced Wednesday.