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Franz Beckenbauer, who has died aged 78, was one of the greatest players and most influential figures in the history of German football. Nicknamed 'Der Kaiser' because of his commanding style of play ...

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Football is mourning the death of German icon Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup as a captain and as a coach, and is considered one of the global legends of the game. Beckenbauer's family told ...

Franz Beckenbauer has now officially been given his very own place in Munich, just as he has in the hearts of all FC Bayern fans and football lovers: in one of those places where the memory of the ...

Franz Beckenbauer, who led West Germany to World Cup success as a captain and manager, has been remembered as a "visionary" after his death at the age of 78. Nicknamed 'Der Kaiser' (The Emperor) for ...

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Franz Beckenbauer, who led the West German national team to World Cup championships as player and coach and whose on-field presence was so dominant that he was nicknamed “Der Kaiser,” died Jan. 7 at ...

It has been one year since the passing of Franz Beckenbauer. Numerous tributes have been made to honour the Kaiser, one of the greatest figures in German and world football, including the renaming of ...

By taking a step back, Franz Beckenbauer put himself a step ahead. The “libero” — taken from the Italian word for “free” and ...

MUNICH (AP) — Reactions to the death of soccer great Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup both as player and coach for Germany, at the age of 78: “The football world mourns the loss of the ...

The “libero” — taken from the Italian word for “free” and describing a player who had a covering role behind a defensive line — was not an entirely new concept to soccer by the late 1960s and early ...