Le Monde hit with huge bill for defamotory article on Barcelona (AFP)
Published 1/15/2008 at Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
French newspaper Le Monde and one of its journalists were handed a court order here on Tuesday to pay 300,000 euros in damages to Barcelona football club after the paper published a defamatory article on alleged doping practices at the Catalan club.
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