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China's football boss vows to close league if gambling persists
(AFP)
Updated: 2006-01-19 09:51

Xie's tirade came after FIFA chairman Sepp Blatter last month urged China to do more to curb gambling, while admitting that it would be difficult to wipe out the scourge.

"Football is a game and in a game there is gambling and gambling is naturally cheating but this is a matter for national associations," Blatter said at a meeting in Tokyo.

"They have to control that but it is difficult the bigger an association is. Can you imagine it in China with 1.3 billion people."


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