A lesson to learn for China
China Daily | Updated: 2015-05-30 07:44
FIFA official have been arrested for alleged corruption in the latest scandal to rock the soccer world. Could there be a lesson in this for China as it embarks along a long road of soccer reforms?
The answer is a stern "yes" from Wei Jizhong, former vice-president of the Chinese Olympic Committee.
"Soccer has been over commercialized. With gambling and manipulation of intermediate agents involved, the whole business is getting out of control," Wei, 79, said on Thursday.
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