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 ...

BERLIN (AP) — Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup both as player and coach and became one of Germany’s most beloved personalities with his easygoing charm, has died. He was 78. Beckenbauer's ...

Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany has revealed that he may have played at the club as a teenager because then Bayern president Franz Beckenbauer was allegedly interested in him. Kompany said on ...

Growing up in bombed-out Munich after the Second World War, a young Franz Beckenbauer spent hours and hours kicking a ball against a brick wall. “That wall was the most honest team-mate I could ever ...

Revolutionary soccer player Franz Beckenbauer, one of the few men to win the World Cup as both as a player and a coach, has died at the age of 78, according to the German football federation (DFB).

German soccer legend Franz Beckenbauer has died at the age of 78. Beckenbauer’s family sent a statement to a German news agency to confirm the news. “It is with deep sadness that we announce that my ...

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 ...

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