RIO DE JANEIRO – One of the greatest soccer players of all time has been slammed with one of the most surprising soccer penalties of all time. Franz Beckenbauer, beloved in Germany for being one of ...

(Adds reason for possible sanction, paras 6 and 9) By Simon Evans and Brian Homewood ZURICH, Oct 21 (Reuters) - The FIFA scandal swept up one of the greatest soccer players of all time on Wednesday, ...

ZURICH (AP) Franz Beckenbauer has been fined and warned by FIFA’s ethics committee for refusing to cooperate with Michael Garcia’s investigation of World Cup bidding. [ VIDEO: Ronaldo storms out of ...

The Germany legend - formerly part of FIFA's Executive Committee - had initially failed to co-operate with a probe led by lawyer Michael Garcia looking into the validity of the process around the 2018 ...

The iconic German " winner of the FIFA World Cup as a player with West Germany in 1974 and then as coach in 1990 " was punished by world football's governing body earlier this month after refusing to ...

FIFA president Gianni Infantino and UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin have paid tribute to German football icon Franz Beckenbauer who died on Sunday at age 78. Infantino named Beckenbauer "a legend of ...

Since the World Cup began, Brazil and Argentina aside, the World Cup has been something of a European stronghold. Most of the ...

Franz Beckenbauer said Tuesday he has less confidence in FIFA after it released the results of votes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts. Beckenbauer, one of the 22 executive committee members who ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - German World Cup-winning player and coach Franz Beckenbauer was banned for 90 days by FIFA on Friday after failing to cooperate in a corruption enquiry into the bidding process ...