Skip to content
Advertisement

FILE - In this June 29, 2006 file photo, Franz Beckenbauer, then President of the German Organization Committee of the soccer World Cup, briefs the media during a news conference at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. Swiss authorities say prosecutors have questioned Germany soccer great Franz Beckenbauer in their ongoing World Cup fraud case. The Swiss attorney general's office said in a statement to The Associated Press on Thursday, March 23, 2017 that federal prosecutors questioned Beckenbauer earlier in the day in Bern, adding that "Beckenbauer was cooperative." (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file )

FILE - In this June 29, 2006 file photo, Franz Beckenbauer, then President of the German Organization Committee of the soccer World Cup, briefs the media during a news conference at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. Swiss authorities say prosecutors have questioned Germany soccer great Franz Beckenbauer in their ongoing World Cup fraud case. The Swiss attorney general's office said in a statement to The Associated Press on Thursday, March 23, 2017 that federal prosecutors questioned Beckenbauer earlier in the day in Bern, adding that "Beckenbauer was cooperative." (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file )

Featured Photo Galleries