Soccer: Insult costs Inter Milan

Italian soccer champions Inter Milan have been ordered to pay a Napoli fan ¬1500 ($3266) for "existential damage" caused by banners calling Naples the "sewer of Italy" displayed at San Siro last October.

Italian news agencies said a Naples court ordered Inter to pay the fan, identified only by initials, compensation and legal costs for insults referring to a refuse crisis that left garbage rotting in Naples' streets.

The fan's lawyer said the banners seen at the October 6 game had made his client feel "indignant and deeply hurt".

Inter, who won 2-1, had already been punished by the Italian league with the closure of the sections of San Siro where the banners had been shown for the following home match.