Karim Benzema has dropped the appeal against his one-year suspended prison sentence, and €75,000 fine, after being found guilty of blackmailing his former France international team-mate Mathieu ...

Benzema is one of five people on trial over the 2015 extortion attempt ... and never brought back and declined in sporting terms while there is Karim Benzema who is flying high in global football," ...

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane backed striker Karim Benzema to focus "on his job and his family" and not get distracted by having to face a blackmail trial over a sex tape. 'He has my support': ...

The French striker denies wrongdoing regarding a case that has been brought to trial six years after the alleged incident occurred Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema is standing trial in absentia for ...

PARIS, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema will stand trial after being charged by prosecutors with being complicit in a conspiracy to blackmail his former France team mate Matthieu ...

PARIS, Jan 30 (Reuters) - France soccer internationals Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema have been discharged of solicitation of an underage prostitute, the Paris Correctional Tribunal said on Thursday.

PARIS (Reuters) - The trial of French soccer internationals Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema on charges of soliciting an underage prostitute started on Monday. Real Madrid striker Benzema and Bayern ...