China ban players

for fixing a match on its way to the title.
In recent years, China has increased efforts to clean up its football, which has been hit by a series of scandals.
Over the past year, more than 50 officials, referees and players have been jailed.

The corruption and rigging has at times been blatant, says the BBC’s John Sudworth in Shanghai.
One infamous match ended with a team clearly seen trying to score an own goal, he says. Shanghai Shenhua was found guilty of offering bribes to officials to secure a 4-1 victory against Shanxi Guoli, Chinese media report. — BBC Sport.