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Shenhua lose title due to match-fixing

February 18, 2013
By ESPN staff
Shanghai Shenhua have been stripped of a league title and hit by a points deduction for next season due to their part in the match-fixing scandal in China.

Super League club Shenhua, who have recently lost star duo Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka to clubs back in Europe, were fined £100,000 and deducted six points for next season after they were found guilty of fixing a match in their 2003 league-winning campaign. The Chinese Football Association (CFA) have said the club will lose their ...

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