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.
The clubs denied the accusations and Real Madrid also sued Le Monde, according to AFP.
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