Lautaro Martinez grabs late winner for Serie A leaders Inter Milan at Torino


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Lautaro Martínez scored a late winner to help league leaders Inter Milan snatch a 2-1 win at Torino in Serie A on Sunday.

Martínez netted five minutes from time after to seal an eighth consecutive league win Antonio Sanabria had cancelled out Romelu Lukaku’s opener from the penalty spot.

Antonio Conte's side moved nine points clear of second-place AC Milan, who were playing Napoli later on Sunday. Nine-time defending champions Juventus were also playing later, at Cagliari.

Struggling Torino remain in 18th place with 20 points, two adrift of Cagliari above them but with a game in hand over the Sardinian side.

Inter dominated possession in Turin but found opportunities hard to come by and did not have a single shot on target in the first half.

It was Torino that came closest to scoring first when Lyanco headed a free-kick onto the right post and Lukaku had to clear off the line.

Inter broke the deadlock in the 62nd minute when Torino defender Armando Izzo clattered into Martínez and Lukaku drilled the resulting penalty into the bottom right corner for his 19th goal of the season.

That seemed to give Inter a boost but Torino then levelled against the run of play eight minutes later. Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic managed to parry Simone Zaza’s effort in a goalmouth scramble, following a corner, but Sanabria tapped in the rebound.

The goal was given following a VAR check with Inter protesting vehemently.

Just as it appeared that Inter would have to settle for a point, Alexis Sanchez floated in a ball over the top for Martínez to head into the bottom right corner.

Relegation-threatened Parma, meanwhile, ended their 17-match winless streak with a surprise 2-0 win over high-flying Roma.

Valentin Mihaila scored in the ninth minute and Hernani converted a second-half penalty to secure Parma’s first win since November.

Roma remained two points below fourth-place Atalanta in the race for the Champions League qualifying spots. Parma moved to within three points of safety.

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Emirates offer flights to Buenos Aires from Dubai, via Rio De Janeiro from around Dh6,300. emirates.com

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Tangol sell experiences across South America and generally have good access to tickets for most of the big teams in Buenos Aires: Boca Juniors, River Plate, and Independiente. Prices from Dh550 and include pick up and drop off from your hotel in the city. tangol.com

 

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Another exciting opening at the W Dubai – The Palm hotel is South Korean chef Akira Back’s new restaurant, which will continue to showcase some of the finest Asian food in the world. Back, whose Seoul restaurant, Dosa, won a Michelin star last year, describes his menu as,  “an innovative Japanese cuisine prepared with a Korean accent”.

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The highly experimental chef, whose dishes are as much about spectacle as taste, opens his first restaurant in Dubai next year. Housed at The Royal Atlantis Resort & Residences, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal will feature contemporary twists on recipes that date back to the 1300s, including goats’ milk cheesecake. Always remember with a Blumenthal dish: nothing is quite as it seems. 

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The company offers payments/bribes to win key contracts in the Middle East

May 2017

The UK SFO officially opens investigation into Petrofac’s use of agents, corruption, and potential bribery to secure contracts

September 2021

Petrofac pleads guilty to seven counts of failing to prevent bribery under the UK Bribery Act

October 2021

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May 2025

The High Court of England and Wales approves the company’s restructuring plan

July 2025

The Court of Appeal issues a judgment challenging parts of the restructuring plan

August 2025

Petrofac issues a business update to execute the restructuring and confirms it will appeal the Court of Appeal decision

October 2025

Petrofac loses a major TenneT offshore wind contract worth €13 billion. Holding company files for administration in the UK. Petrofac delisted from the London Stock Exchange

November 2025

180 Petrofac employees laid off in the UAE

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