LYON, France (AP) — Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema will stand trial outside Paris starting Wednesday after being accused of trying to blackmail former France teammate Mathieu Valbuena over a sex ...

Soccer star Karim Benzema, who plays for Real Madrid and the French national team, has been found guilty of conspiring to blackmail a former teammate over a sex tape. The scandal has been unfolding ...

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Benzema has been banned from France's national team since November 2015 because of his suspected involvement in the scandal. Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema will face trial for his alleged ...

Zinedine Zidane has backed Karim Benzema to win the 2021 Ballon d’Or. The ex-Real Madrid manager coached his fellow Frenchman between 2016 and 2021 in two separate spells. Zidane won the prize himself ...

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has committed his future to the club, signing a new long-term contract. The forward's decision to extend his stay at the Santiago Bernabeu was confirmed by the club ...

Karim Benzema became the latest Real Madrid star to sign a new bumper four-year contract with the European champions to 2021, the club announced on Wednesday. “Real Madrid and Benzema have agreed to ...

It was their final meal together. Didier Deschamps had to find the right words to address a group of players whose tournament had ended in despair and acrimony. The manager of France rose to his feet ...

For only the second time since 2008, a man not named Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Ballon d’Or for the best soccer player in the world. Karim Benzema, the French star who plays with ...

Karim Benzema netted a hat-trick and new signing Eduardo Camavinga also scored as Real Madrid defeated Celta Vigo 5-2 in La Liga on Sunday. In Real Madrid’s first match at the Santiago Bernabéu in 560 ...

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VERSAILLES, FranceVERSAILLES, France — France and Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema was given a one-year suspended jail sentence and a fine of 75,000 euros ($84,000) Wednesday in a sex-tape case that ...