FIFA extends bans on match-fixing worldwide

While football in China continues to move on from a match-fixing and bribery scandal that shook the sport to it's core, football's world governing body is ensuring that those at the heart of the scandal never again make a negative impact on the beautiful game.

On Monday, FIFA announced that match-fixing bans on 58 Chinese football officials and players will be extended worldwide.

The 58, including disgraced ex-CFA Vice President Nan Yong and Xie Yalong, were banned by the Chinese Football Association earlier this month following a three-year push to clean up rampant corruption in the sport in China.

Those officials and players were jailed in June last year for accepting bribes and being involved in the fixing of numerous matches. Nan Yong was sentenced to 10 and a half years for taking bribes worth more than 1.48 million yuan while his predecessor Xie Yalong received an identical sentence and was also fined 200,000 yuan.

The sentences followed investigations and trials conducted by Chinese judicial authorities between 2010 and 2012 in which the Chinese Football Association cooperated fully. The cases involved relate to incidents of match-fixing that took place in the 1990s and the early 2000s.