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 ...

Li Tie: China sentences former Everton star and national team coach to 20 years for corruption - One of biggest names in Chinese football found guilty of taking bribes as coach of national team ...

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 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.

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 ...

Li Tie, the former coach of China’s male football team, who has been jailed for 20 years on corruption charges, is shown at the Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, in 2021 [Satish ...

Li Tie, who coached the Chinese men's national team between 2020 and 2021, has been jailed for 20 years for bribery. ... when he worked for clubs Hebei China Fortune and Wuhan Zall.

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. Li Tie, 47, who played for ...

China's head coach Li Tie attends the World Cup 2022 group B qualifying soccer match between China and Vietnam at Sharjah stadium in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021.

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.. Li, who once played in the ...