China’s former football chief and national team coach are among 73 to receive lifetime bans for match-fixing.

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China’s football association has issued lifetime bans to 73 people, including former national team head coach Li Tie, and punished 13 top professional clubs for match-fixing and corruption.

Under President Xi Jinping, an anticorruption crackdown has swept through Chinese football in recent years, exposing the rotten state of the professional game.