Doping: Spanish court rules that Le Monde must pay €300,000 to Real Madrid for defamation

News Tank Football - Paris - News #15325 - Published on 26/02/14 at 17:04
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The French daily newspaper Le Monde must pay €300,000 in damages to Real Madrid (Liga BBVA) for libel, ruled the Spanish Supreme Court on 24/02/2014.

In 2006, Le Monde published an article entitled "Doping: football after cycling," in which the journalist Stéphane Mandard produced "supporting evidence" that the Real Madrid team had used the...

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