ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) -- FIFA lifted a new corner of its veil of secrecy yesterday by revealing that German football great Franz Beckenbauer and world body vice-president Maria Villar Llona have been investigated. It said inquiries against the two are in the hands of the FIFA ethics committee's court for a decision. The two were on a list of 11 names -- also including suspended FIFA leader Sepp Blatter and UEFA president Michel Platini -- that the ethics committee said have been or are the target of inquiries. Football anti-corruption investigators had been prevented from saying who was on their probe list until FIFA's executive...
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