First Mario Zagallo, then Franz Beckenbauer. Within a few days, football’s most distinguished club has been reduced to a lone, living member. Only Didier Deschamps is left of the select band who won ...

Legend Franz Beckenbauer, who left a unique imprint on German football as player, captain and coach, has died at the age of 78, the German football association said Monday. "Franz Beckenbauer was ...

Franz Beckenbauer, one of the greatest football players of all time, has died at the age of 78. Beckenbauer, nicknamed 'Der Kaiser', won the World Cup with West Germany as captain in 1974 and a ...

World football and sports in general has paid tribute to German icon Franz Beckenbauer who died on Sunday at age 78. International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach named Beckenbauer "a sporting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The then President of the 2006 World Cup Organizing Committee, Franz Beckenbauer, presents the golden soccer for the 2006 World ...

Germany and Bayern Munich could not quite fathom where to play the young Beckenbauer, so he effectively invented a role for himself “For me,” Helmut Schön said of Franz Beckenbauer in February 1965 ...

Franz Beckenbauer, one of only three players to win the World Cup both as a player and a coach and who amassed a hard-to-top list of achievements on the pitch, has died at 78. Nicknamed “Der Kaiser” ...

“For me,” Helmut Schön said of Franz Beckenbauer in February 1965 after calling him up to the West Germany team for the first time, “he is the player of the future. Maybe not in midfield, perhaps up ...

German legend Franz Beckenbauer, widely regarded as one of football's greatest players, has died aged 78. He won the World Cup as captain of West Germany in 1974 and lifted the trophy again as manager ...