Buenos Aires, Feb 07: Argentinian world cup winner Diego Maradona was ordered yesterday to pay a 12,500 dollar fine for lending his friend a car before it crashed.
The court here said Maradona, whose friend Ferro Viera borrowed the car in September 1998 and ran a red light before causing an accident, should pay 40,000 pesos. Maradona was not in the car when Viera injured several people by crashing into another vehicle. Bureau Report