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 ...

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 death was first ...

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 ...

FILE - German soccer legend Franz Beckenbauer, head of Germany's organising committee for the soccer World Cup, plays with the Golden Ball for the World Cup in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the German football with a focus on the Bundesliga. Aug 16, 2025, 06:47pm EDT Harry Kane celebrates winning the ...

Franz Beckenbauer, who won a World Cup for West Germany as a player in 1974 and then guided his country to another title as a manager 16 years later, died Sunday. He was 78. The German news agency ...

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).

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, news agency dpa reported Monday. He was 78.

Soccer icon Franz Beckenbauer, widely considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of the game, has died aged 78, according to the German football federation (DFB). The DFB called ...

MUNICH — 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 legendary ...