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Fifa executive committee member Franz Beckenbauer smiles during the FIFA Soccer World Cup award ceremony at the adidas headquarters in Herzogenaurach near Nuremberg, southern Germany, on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Beckenbauer was a graceful, visionary ‘libero’ who changed the face of soccer

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press

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, June 29, 2006. German soccer great Franz Beckenbauer has died at 78, news agency dpa reports. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup both as player and coach for Germany, has died at 78

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FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, May 20, 2017, Bayern legend Franz Beckenbauer stands on the pitch prior to the German first division Bundesliga soccer match against SC Freiburg in Munich, Germany. Beckenbauer and other German officials who helped organize the 2006 World Cup were subject to a FIFA ethics investigation opened in 2016, but ethics judges have closed the investigation Thursday Feb. 25, 2021, because a statute of limitations expired. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, FILE)

FIFA ends bribery case against Germany great Beckenbauer

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

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 &quot;Beckenbauer was cooperative.&quot; (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file )

Prosecutors question Beckenbauer in World Cup fraud case

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Women's supercombined gold medal winner Germany's Maria Hoefl-Riesch and bronze medal winner United States' Julia Mancuso celebrate after a flower ceremony at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

SOCHI SCENE: Help at home

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Beckenbauer to give up FIFA seat

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press