Compared with the anti-corruption in Chinese football 13 years ago, the new round of anti-corruption in football that began on November 9, 2022 is unprecedented in terms of strength, time and number of people, why is November 9, 2022 the beginning of this round of anti-corruption? Because this day is the day when former national football coach Li Tie was taken away by the task force for investigation during the training, and Li Tie is also the breakthrough point of this round of anti-corruption in football
In the following more than one year, the task force gradually dug out more people involved in corruption from Li Tie, including Chen Xuyuan, former chairman of the Chinese Football Association, Du Zhaocai, former deputy director of the General Administration of Sports, Li Yuyi, former vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, Yu Hongchen, former vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, and as many as 11 senior officials in Chinese football
But this is only a list of high-ranking officials in football, in addition to the middle and high-level of the Football Association and a number of officials of the Super League, since it is a corruption case, it shows that there are both bribery and bribery, and among the many exposed bribery companies, the most dazzling name is probably the former CCTV football "famous mouth" Duan Xuan, Duan Xuan has been prosecuted by the Shancheng District Procuratorate of Hebi City for bribery, and it is also reported that he is the object of bribery: Liu Aijie, former director of the Olympic Games Preparation Office of the General Administration of Sports!
Duan Xuan, as a well-known football "celebrity", since he entered CCTV in 1995, Duan Xuan not only created the popular "World Football" program all over the country with his professional football knowledge and excellent hosting skills, but also hosted 4 football World Cups in succession, it can be said that Duan Xuan has been in CCTV for 20 years, he is the irreplaceable CCTV football "first brother" However, in 2015, Duan Xuan, who was 43 years old at the time, resolutely resigned from CCTV after careful consideration, joined Wang Sicong's Banana Project Sports Company and began to serve as CEO, and also held an additional 20% of the company's shares
According to Li Weiao, a well-known reporter from the Economic Observer, Duan Xuan paid a total of about 9.5 million yuan in bribes to Liu Aijie, director of the Olympic Games Preparation Office of the General Administration of Sports, from 2018 to 2020, in order to help the company get more sports business, because Liu Aijie was taken away for investigation on April 4, 2023 in the current round of football anti-corruption, so it is obvious that Duan Xuan was confessed by Liu Aijie in the investigation
On December 20, 2023, the Intermediate People's Court of Hebi City, Henan Province announced the first-instance verdict: Liu Aijie accepted bribes totaling about 23.8158 million yuan, and was finally sentenced to 11 years in prison and fined 2 million yuan!
But there is another person involved in the case between Duan Xuan and Liu Aijie, she is Liu Aijie's wife and Zhang Xiuyun, the head coach of the Chinese rowing national team
Zhang Xiuyun is the silver medallist in the women's double sculls at the Atlanta Olympics, the women's single sculls champion at the Busan Asian Games, and the first Chinese rowing medalist in Olympic history, as well as the wife of Liu Aijie, who has also served as president of the Chinese Rowing Association and president of the Chinese Canoe Association in the past
According to Li Weiao, in the process of bribing Duan Xuan and Liu Aijie, perhaps because Liu Aijie was unwilling to use his own account to accept bribes, Duan Xuan basically transferred and bribed Liu Aijie's wife Zhang Xiuyun, and even bribed multiple places in Norway, Spain, Indonesia and many cities in China, and when Liu Aijie bought a villa in Shunyi District, Beijing in 2020, Banana Project Sports Company transferred 1.5 million yuan to Zhang Xiuyun in two tranches
Then, after her husband Liu Aijie was arrested, his wife Zhang Xiuyun was also taken away for investigation, and her participation in a number of illegal acts of accepting bribes was confirmed
Now her husband Liu Aijie has been sentenced to 11 years in prison, and his wife Zhang Xiuyun is about to wait for the severe punishment of the law, but it is certain that they will be destined to become a "prison couple"
Editor: Cheng Bing