Spanish champions Barcelona beat top-four chasing Getafe 2-0 in front of a subdued and near half-empty Nou Camp on Sunday in their first Liga game since a humbling defeat by Liverpool sent them crashing out of the Champions League semi-finals. Sunday’s result meant little to Barca, who clinched an eighth Liga title in 11 seasons […]
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Juventus win eighth Serie A title for a remarkable eighth season in a row
Juventus came from behind to beat Fiorentina and create Serie A history, while Cristiano Ronaldo made some history of his own. Cristiano Ronaldo said he was “1,000 percent committed to staying” with Juventus next season as he claimed his first Serie A title and Juventus their eighth in a row on Saturday. Massimiliano Allegri’s side […]
French doctor loses European appeal over euthanasia
The European Court of Human Rights said Thursday that it had rejected an appeal by a French doctor to be reinstated after he was barred from practising for killing terminally-ill patients, a crime for which he was convicted in 2015. An appeals court handed Nicolas Bonnemaison a suspended two-year sentence for deliberately poisoning an 86-year-old […]
European stocks rise on investor relief over Italy
European stock markets and the euro breathed a sigh of relief Monday after Italy’s president vetoed the nomination of a fiercely eurosceptic economy minister, averting a potential eurozone crisis, analysts said. Oil prices extended losses, meanwhile, after Saudi Arabia and Russia signalled they could raise output, while Asian stock markets rose on signs that Donald […]