MILAN, Italy (AP) — Inter Milan got its Serie A campaign off to the perfect start when Marcus Thuram scored twice in a comfortable 5-0 win over a dismal Torino on Monday.
Alessandro Bastoni glanced a header home from a corner kick after 17 minutes and Thuram added a second 18 minutes later.
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Udinese's Thomas Kristensen celebrates after scoring their side's first goal of the game during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Hellas Verona at the Bluenergy Stadium in Udine, Italy, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (Andrea Bressanutti/LaPresse via AP)
Verona's Suat Serdar celebrates scoring their side's first goal of the game during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Hellas Verona at the Bluenergy Stadium in Udine, Italy, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (Andrea Bressanutti/LaPresse via AP)
Inter Milan's Lautaro Martinez celebrates scoring his side's 3rd goal during a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Torino, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Inter Milan's Marcus Thuram controls the ball as he warms up prior to a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Torino, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Inter Milan's Ange Yoan Bonny celebrates scoring his side's 5th goal during a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Torino, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Lautaro Martínez took advantage of a defensive mistake to make it 3-0 early in the second half, and Thuram made it four just after the hour mark.
Ange-Yoan Bonny completed the scoring after another defensive mix up.
The result delighted new Inter coach Christian Chivu and the fans hoping the team can put last season’s poor finish behind it.
Inter narrowly lost the scudetto to Napoli and succumbed to Paris Saint-Germain in a one-sided Champions League final.
Earlier, Udinese and Verona completed a tepid 1-1 draw.
Both teams finished on 44 points last season and there was nothing between them in their season opener.
Both goals also came from second-half corners.
Udinese scored first when Thomas Kristensen headed home Sandi Lovric’s right-foot delivery.
But 20 minutes later, Suat Serdar reacted quickest to Giovane’s knockdown and nipped in to score from point-blank range.
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Udinese's Thomas Kristensen celebrates after scoring their side's first goal of the game during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Hellas Verona at the Bluenergy Stadium in Udine, Italy, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (Andrea Bressanutti/LaPresse via AP)
Verona's Suat Serdar celebrates scoring their side's first goal of the game during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Hellas Verona at the Bluenergy Stadium in Udine, Italy, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (Andrea Bressanutti/LaPresse via AP)
Inter Milan's Lautaro Martinez celebrates scoring his side's 3rd goal during a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Torino, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Inter Milan's Marcus Thuram controls the ball as he warms up prior to a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Torino, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Inter Milan's Ange Yoan Bonny celebrates scoring his side's 5th goal during a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Torino, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison Friday in the first verdict from eight criminal trials over the martial law debacle that forced him out of office and other allegations.
Yoon was impeached, arrested and dismissed as president after his short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024 triggered huge public protests calling for his ouster.
The most significant criminal charge against him alleges that his martial law enforcement amounted to a rebellion, and the independent counsel has requested the death sentence in the case that is to be decided in a ruling next month.
In Friday's case, the Seoul Central District Court sentenced Yoon for defying attempts to detain him, fabricating the martial law proclamation and sidestepping a legally mandated full Cabinet meeting.
Yoon has maintained he didn’t intend to place the country under military rule for an extended period, saying his decree was only meant to inform the people about the danger of the liberal-controlled parliament obstructing his agenda. But investigators have viewed Yoon’s decree as an attempt to bolster and prolong his rule, charging him with rebellion, abuse of power and other criminal offenses.
Judge Baek Dae-hyun said in the televised ruling that imposing “a grave punishment” was necessary because Yoon hasn’t shown remorse and has only repeated “hard-to-comprehend excuses.” The judge also restoring legal systems damaged by Yoon’s action was necessary.
Yoon, who can appeal the ruling, hasn’t immediately publicly responded to the ruling. But when the independent counsel demanded a 10-year prison term in the case, Yoon’s defense team accused them of being politically driven and lacking legal grounds to demand such “an excessive” sentence.
Prison sentences in the multiple, smaller trials Yoon faces would matter if he is spared the death penalty or life imprisonment at the rebellion trial.
Park SungBae, a lawyer who specializes in criminal law, said there is little chance the court would decide Yoon should face the death penalty in the rebellion case. He said the court will likely issue a life sentence or a sentence of 30 years or more in prison.
South Korea has maintained a de facto moratorium on executions since 1997 and courts rarely hand down death sentences. Park said the court would take into account that Yoon’s decree didn’t cause casualties and didn’t last long, although Yoon hasn’t shown genuine remorse for his action.
A supporter of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol shouts slogans outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Supporters of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hold signs and flags outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
A supporter of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol waits for a bus carrying former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Supporters of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hold signs as police officers stand guard outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Supporters of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hold signs and flags outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Supporters of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hold signs outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
A picture of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is placed on a board as supporters gather outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
