Ex-soccer heads face verdicts in corruption trials

The former Chinese soccer bosses who were accused of taking bribes face verdicts on Wednesday morning.

A court in Dandong, Liaoning, is expected to announce a verdict against Nan Yong, the former director of the Chinese Football Administrative Center who was charged with 17 counts of taking bribes worth 235,000 U.S. dollars.

Nan's predecessor Xie Yalong, accused of accepting bribes totaling more than 273,000 U.S. dollars, will hear his verdict in Tieling.

Four former Chinese international players - Shen Si, Qi Hong, Jiang Jin and Li Ming, charged of taking a total of 1.27 million U.S. dollars to fix a league game, are waiting for their verdicts in Shenyang.

The court in Anshan is set to read a verdict against Shao Wenzhong, the former general manager of China Football Industry Development Corp.