Speedy Rio fined and banned from driving for six months

MANCHESTER United defender Rio Ferdinand was yesterday banned from driving for six months and fined £2,500 for speeding.

Ferdinand, 24, who did not attend Leeds Magistrates Court, was also ordered to pay costs of £3,000.

The England star was convicted earlier this month of speeding on the M1 motorway near Temple Newsam, Leeds in his Cadillac Escalade.