Beckenbauer admits 'mistake,' says no vote buying
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Franz Beckenbauer said Monday it was his mistake to make a payment to FIFA in return for a financial grant to Germany's 2006 World Cup organizing committee. In a brief...
View ArticleGermany reportedly bribed FIFA for 2006 World Cup
Germany's winning bid for the 2006 World Cup was aided by bribes paid to FIFA executive committee members, the German newsweekly Der Spiegel reported. Spiegel said on Friday that the German bidding...
View ArticleWorld Cup Scandal: Germany Appears to Have Bought Right to Host 2006 Tournament
Information obtained by SPIEGEL suggests the German bidding committee created a slush fund in its effort to land the rights to host the 2006 World Cup. Senior officials, including football hero Franz...
View ArticleFIFA judges want 2-year ban for Niersbach in 2006 bid case
GENEVA — Just 10 days after the rebranded FIFA Council met for the first time, one of its members faces being banned from soccer in fallout from World Cup corruption allegations. FIFA ethics...
View ArticleGerman federation chooses new president in wake of scandal
FRANKFURT: Reinhard Grindel was elected president of the German Football Federation on Friday, tasked with restoring credibility in the wake of a scandal resulting from dubious payments before the 2006...
View Article2006 World Cup: Germany denies World Cup vote bribes
The German Football Association (DFB) has "categorically rejected" allegations of a secret fund to secure votes to host the 2006 World Cup. German news weekly Der Spiegel says a 6.7m euro (£4.9m) fund...
View ArticleFIFA bans council member Niersbach in World Cup bids probe
FIFA council member Wolfgang Niersbach, a member of FIFA's ruling council, was banned from soccer for one year on Monday in the first sanction from the investigation into Germany's 2006 World Cup bid....
View ArticleBeckenbauer and Blatter deal in question before 2006 WC
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) A financial deal between Sepp Blatter and Franz Beckenbauer was revealed by the German football federation on Thursday as it sought to further defend a payment to FIFA from...
View ArticleBeckenbauer and Blatter deal before 2006 WC in question
A financial deal between Sepp Blatter and Franz Beckenbauer was revealed by the German football federation as it sought to further defend a payment to FIFA from 2006 World Cup organisers. The...
View ArticleReport unable to prove vote-buying in 2006 World Cup bid
Investigators cannot prove bribes were paid to bring the World Cup to Germany although they added it can not be ruled out either. A report into allegations of bribery surrounding voting for the 2006...
View ArticleSwiss open 2006 World Cup criminal case against Beckenbauer
ZURICH — Soccer great Franz Beckenbauer is a criminal suspect in a World Cup fraud case. Beckenbauer's home in Austria was raided for evidence on Thursday on behalf of Swiss federal prosecutors...
View ArticleFIFA Opens Proceedings Over 2006 German World Cup Bid
FIFA's ethics watchdog has started formal proceedings against six individuals, including Franz Beckenbauer, over the awarding of hosting rights to Germany for the 2006 World Cup, world soccer's...
View ArticleMore questions are raised about Beckenbauer's role
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) From his days as the backbone of the defense to his days roaming the sidelines, Franz Beckenbauer has been synonymous with the best of German soccer. "Der Kaiser" won the...
View ArticleFIFA judges want 2-year ban for Niersbach in 2006 bid case
Just 10 days after the rebranded FIFA Council met for the first time, one of its members faces being banned from soccer in fallout from World Cup corruption allegations. FIFA ethics prosecutors on...
View ArticleFIFA to publish Michael Garcia report -- with redactions
updated 8:33 AM EST, Fri December 19, 2014 A published report claims UEFA president Michel Platini was gifted a Picasso painting in return for support for the Russia 2018 World Cup bid. Platini...
View ArticleFIFA investigates new World Cup vote bribery allegations
BERNE, Switzerland (AP) -- The corruption scandal sweeping world soccer engulfed Germany as FIFA said Friday that it would investigate "very serious allegations" that voters were bribed to win the 2006...
View ArticleFIFA investigates Germany World Cup vote bribery allegations
BERNE, Switzerland (AP) — The corruption scandal sweeping world soccer engulfed Germany as FIFA said Friday that it would investigate "very serious allegations" that voters were bribed to win the 2006...
View ArticleFIFA scandal: Jeffrey Webb pleads not guilty in New York
New York (CNN)Former FIFA vice president Jeffrey Webb pleaded not guilty Saturday to federal racketeering and bribery charges in connection with a massive corruption scandal. Webb, onetime head of...
View ArticleChuck Blazer: FIFA hands American life ban
(CNN)Chuck Blazer, the corrupt former U.S. soccer official turned FIFA whistleblower, has been banned from all football-related activities for life by the Ethics Committee of world soccer's governing...
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