On August 19th to 20th, several fallen players in Chinese football were sentenced. On August 20th, the People's Court of Songzi City, Hubei Province, publicly announced the first instance verdict on the bribery case of Huang Song, former head of the competition department of the Chinese Football Association. The defendant Huang Song was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined RMB 600000 for the crime of bribery; The proceeds of bribery shall be recovered in accordance with the law and turned over to the national treasury. In March 2023, it was officially announced that Huang Song was under investigation while in office. In recent years, including him, many members of the Chinese Football Association have been implicated. Just one day before the public verdict on Huang Song's bribery case, the Intermediate People's Court of Jingzhou City, Hubei Province, publicly announced the first instance verdict on the bribery case of Li Yuyi, former vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association. The defendant Li Yuyi was sentenced to eleven years in prison and fined one million yuan for the crime of bribery; The proceeds of bribery shall be recovered in accordance with the law and turned over to the national treasury. On March 28th of this year, the Intermediate People's Court of Xianning City, Hubei Province, held a public trial of the first instance of the case of former head coach of the Chinese men's national football team, Li Tie, accepting bribes, bribing units, accepting bribes from non-state personnel, and bribing non-state personnel. Li Tie has been accused of several crimes, involving a total amount of nearly 120 million yuan. Li Tie pleaded guilty and repented in court, and the court announced a scheduled sentencing. Since the official announcement of Li Tie's investigation in November 2022, Chinese football has launched another round of anti-corruption actions. In this' anti-corruption storm ', some local football association officials have also been arrested. On August 20th of this year, the People's Court of Tongcheng County, Hubei Province, publicly sentenced Gu Jianming, former chairman and secretary-general of the Chengdu Football Association and former member of the Executive Committee of the Chinese Football Association, to corruption, bribery, and unit bribery in the first instance. Gu Jianming was sentenced to three years and six months in prison and fined RMB 200000 for corruption, two years and six months in prison and fined RMB 100000 for bribery, and two years and six months in prison and fined RMB 100000 for unit bribery. The defendant was sentenced to six years in prison and fined RMB 400000; The embezzled gains shall be recovered in accordance with the law and returned to the victimized units respectively. The property obtained from bribery shall be recovered in accordance with the law and turned over to the national treasury. On August 19th, the People's Court of Jiayu County, Hubei Province, publicly announced the first instance verdict on the case of Fu Xiang, former director of Wuhan Football Sports Management Center, former executive vice president and secretary general of Wuhan Football Association, for corruption, bribery, and unit bribery. The defendant Fu Xiang was sentenced to two years in prison and fined RMB 200000 for corruption, eight years in prison and fined RMB 900000 for bribery, three years in prison and fined RMB 200000 for bribery, two years in prison and fined RMB 100000 for unit bribery, and was sentenced to eleven years in prison and fined RMB 1.4 million; The embezzled gains shall be recovered in accordance with the law, returned to the victimized units, and the property obtained from bribery shall be recovered in accordance with the law and turned over to the national treasury. The shortfall shall continue to be recovered. (New Society)