The head of the Chinese Football Association (CFA), Nan Yong is discharged from his job. Allegations of matchfixing sparked an investigation into the troubled sport of China, after being questioned by police Nan Yong, was taken away.

Wei Di, the former director of water sports will replace Nan Yong as director of the CFA. Vice minister van sport, Cui Dalin said in an interview at a press conference: “We firmly support the police’s crackdown on the criminal activities of illegally manipulating games and soccer gambling. Anyone involved in soccer that commits these crimes will be seriously punished.” Vice president Yang Yimin, who has also lost his job was taken into custody together with Nan Yong and also Zhang Jianqiang, the CFA’s head of women’s soccer. The suspects were asked to clear up a few facts in some high-profile cases of soccer betting and manipulating the outcome of domestic soccer league games by bribing game officials. Nan Yong was best known for organising the women’s World Cup finals in China in 2007. Last year he also replaced the ridiculed Xie Yalong last year. Over 20 officials, players and club managers have been arrested in the past two months on suspicion of match-fixing or illegal gambling. The investigation into the scandal led to more than 200 games in more then 20 country’s being investigated and already more than 25 people are arrested for suspect illegal gambling.