The chairman of the Chinese Football Federation has been dismissed over allegations of possible involvement in the on going betting scandal. The vice-chairman and the man responsible for the oversight of women's football have also been dismissed.

The trio were arrested by the police. "We stand one hundred per cent behind the investigation of the police into illegal practices in football", said the Minister for Sport Cui Dalin. "All those concerned will be severely.

The European Football Association UEFA has announced that there are no indications into a possible bribe scandal in the Jupiler League. The news came via the Dutch Football Association, the KNVB. There were also rumors of gambling and corrupt practices in the Dutch first division.

KNVB director Henk Kesler said in November that two more matches in the Jupiler League were suspected of involving corrupt practices. He held many meetings with investigative journalist Declan Hill and UEFA expert Karl Dhont.

FC Oss is the second Dutch club named in the European match fixing scandal research undertaken by UEFA. "We've got them in our crosshairs," said KNVB (Dutch F.A.) director Bert van Oostveen in International Football this week.

The KNVB is looking with great care in the direction of Zeist regarding the ever expanding 'oil spill' involving 'Chinese-ringers' in the stands at games in the Belgium Jupiler League.

'Chinese-ringers' are generally Asian students who are paid around 70 euros for the transmission of match statistics to Asian bookmakers. The phoning through of statistics is not illegal and therefore difficult to address.

'Chinese-ringers' are now known to pass on information to Asian bookmakers for the entire match. As the Belgium Jupiler League matches are not usually broadcast live in Asia, the Asian bookmakers need other ways to obtain information about accurate game statistics so that they can offer up-to-date quotes, also known as live quotes.