A Chinese court has sentenced four soccer referees, including a former World Cup match official, to up to seven years in jail for involvement in match-fixing and gambling, state media reported on Thursday.
About 60 local players, referees, coaches and officials were put on trial in December following a two-year investigation into match-fixing. Lu Jun, a referee at the 2002 World Cup, was sentenced by the Intermediate People's Court in the northeastern city of Dandong to five years and six months for accepting bribes.
(Published 16 February 2012, 17:19 IST)
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