The scale and intensity of the anti-corruption campaign in the sports world in 2023 is very large, enough to go down in history. Starting from the football field, 13 high-level officials of the Football Association have been taken away for investigation, and almost all of them have been destroyed, including big fish such as Chen Jiayuan and Du Zhaocai. The anti-corruption campaign has been going on for nine months, and the case of former national football coach Li Tie has entered a new stage, he will be prosecuted for five crimes, including bribery and bribery, and Li Tie is only the lowest level in the football association system, which shows how big the problem is. Because the collapse of the football association was too influential, to some extent covering up the huge problems in other sports, since the regurgitation of Liu Aijie, president of the Rowing Association, and Yu Hongchen, chairman of the Athletics Association, were investigated, it means that a major rectification of the sports world has begun.
The basketball program that makes Chinese fans proud has also fallen off the horse. Former women's basketball coach Li Yaguang was officially investigated, and Li Yaguang also served as the vice chairman of the basketball association in 2002, but Li Yaguang actually retired in 2018, and he was also arrested this time. The current leadership of the basketball association is trustworthy, whether it is Yao Ming or Xu Jicheng, they are all dedicated to improving the overall level of Chinese basketball.
In fact, whether it is football or other sports, the amount invested is difficult to compare with the Olympic project. After Hu Guangyu, former deputy director of the Olympic Preparation Office, and Liu Aijie, former deputy director of the Olympic Preparation Office, were taken away, this shows that the task force is digging deep behind the scenes.
According to rumors, a sports tiger is also equipped with four kings, Hu Guangyu and Liu Aijie are two of them, and just recently, the sports anti-corruption ushered in a huge breakthrough, 55-year-old Winter Olympics secretary Ni Huizhong was officially investigated for serious violations of law and discipline. Whether Ni Huizhong is the ultimate big fish or not, over time, there will definitely be an answer.
Although Ni Huizhong is a department-level cadre in the field of sports, he may have more power than Du Zhaocai, he is the winter project management director of the General Administration of Sports, that is, the number one, responsible for all matters related to the preparation for the Winter Olympics. Specific Ni Huizhong's involvement in something, I believe many people have understood one or two, and former rugby national player Liu Kai said in an interaction with netizens that related to Olympic preparation funds, Ni Huizhong squandered Olympic funds, which greatly affected the Olympic preparation work, and the situation was very bad. The 2024 Paris Olympics are less than one year away, and Ni Huizhong's arrest during this period also shows that his problem is very serious, and the amount involved may far exceed that of football moths such as Li Tie and Chen Jiayuan.
In fact, Liu Kai broke the news in advance in early August that a project director of the General Administration of Sports was arrested, and it was officially announced 23 days later that it was Ni Huizhong. Liu Kai also revealed that Ni Huizhong was taken away at home and was pulled away by several strong guys. After Ni Huizhong fell from the horse, it is estimated that some people shivered, and as long as he explained all the problems, the case about the use of Olympic funds would make great progress. And the sports officials in charge of preparing for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, there are people with higher levels than Ni Huizhong, can they retire this time?