Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup as a player and coach, was organizing committee chief of the 2006 tournament. Criminal investigations against him and others in Switzerland on suspicion of fraud ...

"No one will ever reach him," Uli Hoeneß, a long-time companion and former Bayern Munich boss, said in tears at the memorial service, Beckenbauer won the World Cup both as a player and a coach ...

For the celebrations of the club's 125th anniversary, Bundesliga giants Bayern München will be hosting a one-off legends tournament with the aim of honouring the great Franz Beckenbauer.

Starting next season, the German Super Cup ... Beckenbauer Super Cup, the German Football Association (DFB) announced on Friday. This tribute honors one of the most iconic figures in German and ...

Beckenbauer, who died earlier this year, captained West Germany to World Cup victory in 1974 and also won the trophy as manager in 1990. The inaugural Franz Beckenbauer Super Cup is scheduled for ...