China's well-known sportscaster Huang Jianxian formally resigned from China Central Television (CCTV), according to a sports newspaper Soccer report on Tuesday.

A reliable source said Huang's new post would be as channel director of Shanghai Dragon TV, run by the Shanghai Media Group.

Huang was dropped from the CCTV top ten sportscasters list after his outburst during the Italy/Australia match during the World Cup, leading to rumors of a feud between CCTV and Huang.

Huang's controversial comments came after Italy's Fabio Grosso went down after a challenge in the last minutes of the game, allowing Francesco Totti a penalty kick that scored and won Italy the game.

"Goal! Game over! Italy wins! Beat the Australians! " he shouted, "Italy the great! Left back the great! Happy birthday to (Paulo) Maldini! Forza Italia!"