The former president of the Chinese Football Association (CFA), Chen Xuyuan, has been sentenced to life imprisonment on corruption charges. Four other football officials were sentenced to prison for bribery. A court in the central Chinese province of Hubei justified the sentence against Chen Xinhua on the grounds that he had used several positions in the Football Association between 2010 and 2023 to influence the awarding of projects. In return, he had accepted bribes and valuables worth more than 81 million yuan (around 10.4 million euros).