Cardiff City’s claim for more than £100m in compensation following the death of footballer Emiliano Sala has been dismissed.

Sala and pilot David Ibbotson tragically died when the plane carrying them from France to Wales crashed into the English Channel on the night of 21 January 2019.

The 28-year-old Argentine striker was on his way to join Cardiff City – then in the Premier League – from FC Nantes for a £15m transfer fee.

In the latest chapter of a long-running dispute, a French court tasked with ruling on whether the Welsh club was due compensation from Nantes for the loss of Sala has dismissed its claim on Monday.

Cardiff was claiming more than €120m (£104m) for loss of income and other damages, based on the belief that Sala could have kept the club in the Premier League.

The court has also ordered Cardiff City to pay about £400,000 in legal fees and moral damages suffered by FC Nantes.

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