Karim Benzema fined 18,000 euros for speeding Benzema is not the only Madrid player to have fallen foul of the law for driving offences in recent weeks.

Madrid: Real Madrid striker Karim
Benzema has been fined 18,000
euros ($23,335, £15,580) and
banned from driving for eight
months after being caught
speeding, a Spanish court
confirmed on Friday.
The court in Alcorcon, near Madrid,
found the French international
guilty of driving at 194.4
kilometres (120.8 miles) per hour -
more than 80kmph over the limit -
in the early hours on Sunday,
February 3.
"The Court of First Instance has
today found Real Madrid player
Karim Benzema guilty in a case
held at 10.00 hours this morning
with the punishment of a daily fine
of 150 euros for eight months
(amounting to 18,000 euros) and
the removal of his driving licence
for eight months and one day,"
said a statement from the court.
The trial had been brought forward
from Tuesday, March 26 because
of the likelihood that Benzema
would be involved in a World Cup
qualifying match between France
and Spain in Paris that evening.
"The day of the 26th had been put
in place for the trial to take place,"
said a spokesman for the court.
"However, it became clear after
the fixing of that date that this
coincided with the date of the
game between France and Spain.
"Therefore, the prosecutor and
Benzema's lawyer looked for a date
that would suit both parties and
that has been this morning."
Benzema is not the only Madrid
player to have fallen foul of the
law for driving offences in recent
weeks.
Left-back Marcelo was fined 6,000
euros for driving after his licence
had been revoked, whilst Mesut
Ozil was fined 500 euros and had
six points removed from his licence
for performing an illegal turn.