FIFA opens ethics probe into bidding for 2006 World Cup in Germany
GENEVA: FIFA's ethics committee on Tuesday launched an investigation targeting six people over their roles in the bidding process that awarded the 2006 World Cup to Germany, with...
View ArticleFIFA opens World Cup 2006 probe against Beckenbauer
German football legend Franz “The Kaiser” Beckenbauer is among six officials being investigated by the FIFA Ethics Committee over the awarding to...
View ArticleFIFA opens 2006 WCup cases against Beckenabuer, Niersbach
The FIFA ethics committee opened a bribery investigation Tuesday into German soccer great Franz Beckenbauer and other officials...
View ArticleFIFA opens investigation over 2006 World Cup
The ethics committee of World Governing Body FIFA has opened a bribery probe into Franz Beckenbauer and 5 other officials...
View ArticleFIFA ethics committee opens formal proceedings over awarding of 2006 World...
(Source: PFA - Professional Footballers' Association) FIFA's ethics committee has opened formal proceedings against six individuals, including former World Cup winning coach and player Franz...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: FIFA opens investigation over 2006 World Cup
FIFA has opened an investigation into a number of officials, including Franz Beckenbauer, in relation to the 2006 World Cup bidding process. FIFA has confirmed that investigations have been opened...
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 ArticleFrance seizes documents in probe targeting Blatter
LAUSANNE: French authorities have seized documents from the country's football federation in connection with the Swiss criminal investigation targeting former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and Michel...
View ArticleSepp Blatter vows to clear name in CAS appeal
BERLIN: Ahead of his 80th birthday on Thursday, disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has said his priority now is clearing his name at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). "I'm preparing...
View ArticleProbe zooms in on Beckenbauer
The FIFA ethics committee on Tuesday opened a bribery investigation into German soccer legend Franz Beckenbauer and other officials from the 2006 World Cup bid team. Ethics prosecutors acted amid...
View ArticleFIFA refutes German claim over 2006 World Cup payment
BERLIN: FIFA on Thursday directly challenged German football chief Wolfgang Niersbach's explanation over a controversial 6.7 million-euro payment linked to Germany's 2006 World Cup. Allegations in the...
View ArticleWas the 2006 FIFA World Cup bought?
BERLIN: The German FA (DFB) is set to answer corruption allegations on Friday as accusations the 2006 World Cup was “bought “threaten to give FIFA another headache. The 2006 finals were lauded in...
View ArticleGerman FA president Wolfgang Niersbach denies World Cup slush fund
• Niersbach says 2006 committee acted fairly and legally...
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 investigates Germany World Cup vote bribery allegations
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 World Cup bid. The latest...
View ArticleGerman football boss again denies World Cup corruption
FRANKFURT, Germany — Germany's football federation president again strongly denied any vote-buying in the winning bid to host the 2006 World Cup, saying Thursday that "everything was done with honest...
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 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 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 ArticleFIFA probes claim Germany bought votes for 2006 World Cup (PFA - Professional...
(Source: PFA - Professional Footballers' Association) FIFA is to investigate 'very serious'' allegations that Germany used a secret slush fund for bribes to buy votes for the 2006 World Cup. German...
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