A football club’s claim for compensation following the death of player Emiliano Sala in a plane crash has been rejected by a French court. The tribunal ordered Cardiff City to pay €480,000 to Nantes. The Welsh club had previously sought damages of more than £100 million (€115m) from the French side in a negligence claim, covering the Argentinian striker’s £15m (€17m) transfer fee and losses of potential earnings.
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Manchester United have been drawn against FC Barcelona in the Europa League knockout play-off round. Another big club to drop out of the Champions League at the group stages Juventus will face Nantes while Ajax head across the boarded to take on Union Berlin.
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Rescuers will attempt to recover the body trapped in the wreckage of the plane carrying Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson in the English Channel.
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The search for the missing aircraft carrying footballer Emiliano Sala has been called off after two days of searching found no trace of the plane.
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There is growing concern that Cardiff City’s record new signing, Emiliano Sala was on board a light aircraft that went missing over the English Channel last night.
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