Marco Reus fined for driving without licence

Borussia Dortmund and Germany winger Marco Reus has been fined more than half a million pounds for driving without a licence.

The 25-year-old  who has been advertising his club's car sponsor has also appeared in adverts for petrol.

Reus  received speeding tickets on at least five occasions from 2011 before authorities realised he had been driving without a licence.

"The reasons I did it are something I cannot really understand," he said.

Dortmund said they had discussed the matter with the player and spokesman Sascha Fligge said: "He has promised such a thing will not happen again."

Reus, who missed Germany's World Cup triumph in July after picking up an ankle injury in the final warm-up game, has repeatedly been linked with a move to the Premier League, but is currently  nursing another ankle injury, so would be out until the New Year.