Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso said Friday German football legend Franz Beckenbauer, who died this week aged 78, was "one of the chosen ones".... more »
"Suddenly darker, quieter, poorer": the words of Bayern Munich summed up the mood of a bereaved Germany on Tuesday as the country mourned the legendary footballer Franz Beckenbauer, the man they called "the Kaiser".... more »
Franz Beckenbauer and other former German football officials cannot be prosecuted over the 2006 World Cup vote-buying scandal because the statute of limitations has expired, FIFA's ethics committee said Thursday.... more »
Franz Beckenbauer has been invited to watch Bayern Munich's behind-closed-doors home match against Eintracht Frankfurt this weekend, he said on Friday.... more »
German football great Franz Beckenbauer's trial on corruption charges linked to the 2006 World Cup has ended without a verdict after previously being put on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic.... more »
A Swiss court has asked Austrian authorities for a report on Franz Beckenbauer's health, to determine whether to pursue a case against him for corruption in Germany's bid for the 2006 World Cup.... more »
Franz Beckenbauer, who said he worked for free as chairman of Germany's World Cup organising committee, actually drew a fee of more than five million euros, news website Spiegel Online reported Wednesday.... more »
Luca Beckenbauer, the teenage grandson of Germany legend Franz Beckenbauer, is leaving Bayern Munich's youth academy for Schalke after the tragic death of his father.... more »
German football chiefs Friday launched a lawsuit involving Franz Beckenbauer, world governing body FIFA, two former German federation (DFB) presidents as well as the former head of Adidas as part of the 2006 World Cup scandal.... more »
Germany's football association promised a package worth millions of euros to secure a crucial vote from disgraced official Jack Warner for its bid to host the 2006 World Cup, Der Spiegel said Friday.... more »
German football legend Franz Beckenbauer has admitted the bidding committee he chaired for the 2006 World Cup "went to the limits" to obtain the finals.... more »
Bayern Munich will stand by honorary club president Franz Beckenbauer amid calls for the embattled German legend to explain his part in the 2006 World Cup scandal, chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said.... more »
Franz Beckenbauer is under growing pressure to explain his part in Germany's 2006 World Cup scandal amidst reports of a document pointing the finger at the legendary player and coach.... more »
German football legend Franz Beckenbauer admitted making a "mistake" in the bidding process to host the 2006 World Cup but on Monday denied that votes were bought.... more »
FIFA lifted a new corner of its veil of secrecy Wednesday by revealing that German football great Franz Beckenbauer and world body vice president Maria Villar Llona have been investigated.... more »
FIFA said Wednesday that investigations have been carried out into German football great Franz Beckenbauer and Spain's top football official Angel Maria Villar Llona.... more »
Franz Beckenbauer, who led Germany's successful bid to host the 2006 World Cup, on Sunday denied cash-for-votes allegations in the latest scandal to rock football's governing body FIFA.... more »
German football legend Franz Beckenbauer said Friday the scandal engulfing world football's governing body was less about FIFA president Sepp Blatter and more about a system that was difficult to change.... more »
Former FIFA member Franz Beckenbauer declared on Tuesday that his vote on the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids would remain "secret", but said he was not offered any bribes.... more »
German legend Franz Beckenbauer has had his 90-day ban from any football-related activity lifted by FIFA, his manager said on Friday in a statement posted on Twitter.... more »
German football great Franz Beckenbauer, who has been suspended for 90 days by FIFA, said Sunday he will co-operate with a probe into Qatar's bid for the 2022 World Cup by June 27.... more »
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