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4 Shanghai soccer stars arraigned in match-fixing crime

FOUR Shanghai soccer celebrities were arraigned this morning on charges of match fixing and taking bribes totaling 8 million yuan (US$1.27 million) back in 2003.

Former Shanghai International midfielders Shen Si and Qi Hong, defender Li Ming and goalkeeper Jiang Jin are accused of fixing at least two matches during the 2002/03 Jia-A League.

It is the first time that soccer celebrities went on trials in China's biggest match-fixing scandal.

The four allegedly helped to fix a derby game against Shanghai Shenhua and the final match of the season against Tianjin Teda.

All the four defendants had played for the national team. Jiang, the goalkeeper, participated in the Korea-Japan World Cup 2002.



 

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