Former soccer head sentenced 10-1/2 years for bribery

 TIELING, Liaoning Province, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The former Chinese soccer chief Nan Yong was sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for taking bribes¹.

The former director of the Chinese Football Administrative² Center was charged with 17 counts of taking bribes worth 235,000 U.S. dollars.

Nan's predecessor³ Xie Yalong, accused of accepting bribes totaling more than 273,000 U.S. dollars, is waiting for his verdict.

Four former Chinese international players - Shen Si, Qi Hong, Jiang Jin and Li Ming, charged of taking a total of 1.27 million U.S. dollars to fix a league game, all received jail sentence.

Shen was given a six-year term while the others were sentenced for five and a half years.

1 bribes   

n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏

2 administrative   

adj.行政的，管理的

参考例句：

• The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
• He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。

3 predecessor   

n.前辈，前任

参考例句：

• It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。