Football star Neymar fined £2.6m for illegal artificial lake at Rio mansion

Brazilian football player Neymar has been fined over an artificial lake installed at his property near Rio de Janeiro (Wilfredo Lee/AP/PA)

Brazilian football star Neymar was fined more than 3.3 million dollars (£2.6 million) for violating local environmental rules during renovations at his mansion in the city of Mangaratiba outside Rio de Janeiro.

The Mangaratiba city hall said in a statement it had issued four fines totalling about 16 million Brazilian reals after Neymar was accused of illegally building an artificial lake at his mansion.