GENEVA: Sport's highest court of appeal ordered Adrian Mutu to pay his former club Chelsea euro17.2 million (US$24.2 million) compensation Friday after the Blues fired him for using cocaine.
The ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is a stunning defeat for the Romania striker, who appealed a FIFA decision last year to award Chelsea the record sum in damages for a football dispute.
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