Diego Maradona wins compensation from two Chinese firms
The football legend is fighting a case which he things is against his rights in China's game.
The game had featured a cartoon of Maradona and his signature, which the court ruled infringed his image rights.
The firms, The9 Information Technology Co and The9 Computer Technology Consulting (Shanghai), have been told to pay 3m yuan ($490,000; £310,000) to the former Argentina player.
Maradona had demanded 20m yuan.
However, the judge did not accept that argument and said the amount of damages was decided based on the length of time that Maradona's image was used and the popularity of the game.
The court has ordered Sina to display an apology on its website, though it was not required to pay a share of the compensation.
The game has also been removed, according to China Daily.Although the dicision wasn't according to the thoughts of the Maradona the judge describes that "The decesion that I had Gave is very much justice to both of them and they should be happy in their positions as they are now".The statement of the judge wholly describes thr condition of the case and he had done all from his side to conduct justice in both of the subjects.
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