Chinese womenâs basketball club handed three-year ban over match-fixing case
- Inner Mongolia Nongxin, a Womenâs Chinese Basketball Association side, was banned for three years on Wednesday and stripped of its 2023-24 runners-up finish after a match-fixing investigation.
- The CBA said former general manager Guo Jiajie and player Zou Qijia were banned for life, while head coach Yang Zan and rival Shanxi executive Ma Jun received three-year suspensions effective May 20, 2026.
- Court documents cited by the league said the officials sought âillegitimate benefitsâ and were involved in âattempted bribery of non-state functionaries,â underscoring the scale of the scandal.
- The case is a major integrity blow for Chinese basketball and means Inner Mongolia cannot return to the league until May 2029.
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