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LE MONDE NEWSPAPER SUED BY BARCELONA FOOTBALL CLUB

January 17th 2008 23:09


French newspaper Le Monde and one of its journalists were handed a court order on Tuesday to pay EUR300,000 (A$506,000) in damages to Barcelona football club after the paper published a defamatory article on alleged doping practices at the club.
AFP reports that Le Monde and journalist Stephane Mandard have also been ordered to publish the court's decision in both the newspaper and its internet site.
Le Monde said it will appeal the decision.
Barcelona sued the newspaper in December 2006 for claiming there was a link between the club and Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, who was at the centre of a blood-doping network which rocked professional cycling.

In the December 8, 2006 edition of Le Monde, the newspaper said that, apart from cycling, there were also four Spanish football clubs linked with Fuentes, including Barcelona and Real Madrid.
The clubs denied the accusations and Real Madrid also sued Le Monde, according to AFP.

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