Beckenbauer added to FIFA investigation list
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...
View ArticleGerman FA president Wolfgang Niersbach denies World Cup slush fund
• Niersbach says 2006 committee acted fairly and legally...
View ArticleNiersbach explains FIFA payment during World Cup bid
Wolfgang Niersbach, head of the German FA, says payment made to FIFA was to gain "additional funding" for the 2006 World Cup. A payment made to FIFA during the World Cup 2006 bidding process was to...
View ArticleGerman football boss admits to FIFA payment ahead of WC
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) A previously secret financial deal between Sepp Blatter and Franz Beckenbauer was revealed by the German football federation on Thursday as it sought to further defend a...
View ArticleReport says Germany bought the rights to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup
Germany may have spent up to 10.3 million Swiss francs (about $11 million today) in bribes to host the World Cup in 2006, according to documents obtained by German newspaper Der Spiegel. The newspaper...
View ArticleReport: Germany paid FIFA members bribes 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 today. Spiegel said the German bidding committee...
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 ArticleBeckenbauer 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 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 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 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 ArticleBeckenbauer added to FIFA investigation list
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...
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