The Chinese Football Association has decided to descend two teams of
the Super League in the country of their second division, in a
corruption scandal.
The teams have been accused of involvement in match fixing, and
Paris, according to official Chinese media.
One team leaves Chengdu, will be heard by English Championship side
Sheffield United.
They are the most severe punishment, even after an extensive
investigation into corruption in football in China.
It was 2006, while Sheffield United have a majority stake in Chengdu
Blades bought in the hope of discovering the development of football
in China and new talent.
The following season the team won promotion to the Super League of
China.
The result was the fruit of a relationship of innovative welcomed
contributed Chengdu, a powerful force in Chinese football. But now,
state media said Chengdu was exiled as a punishment for match fixing
allegations. It is said that the association bribed a rival team lost
a crucial game and secure the lifting of the Chengdu to the elite.
Xu Hongtao Chengdu president and his assistant were arrested. All
this is part of a raid that develops on corruption in football.
Twenty senior officials and players were involved, including the
former head of the Chinese Football Association, Nan Yong.
Police and prosecutors say the researchers players and officials were
bribed to throw games and pay a couple of team members up to 10,000
($ 15,500) each for a place in the national team.
In the past year even President Hu Jintao expressed his concern about
the state of Chinese football. While China has become a giant in the
Olympic Games with his national team is languishing back in 87th
place in the world.
A second team, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China, be demoted for
match-fixing case.
A spokesman of Chengdu told the BBC that the club welcomes the
efforts to clean up the sport, said he did not plead, as he accepted
the punishment. He said that the game states in the middle of match-
fixing is still under investigation by the police.