Highlights of German football icon Franz Beckenbauer's career as player and coach. His family said on Monday that he died Sunday at age 78. 1972: Six years after losing the World Cup final there, ...

Bayern Munich paid emotional tribute to Franz Beckenbauer in their first match since his death on Friday night. The German and global football icon sadly passed away in his sleep on Sunday at the age ...

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 ...

Legendary former German soccer player and head coach Franz Beckenbauer has died aged 78. The defender known as "Der Kaiser" is generally considered as one of the best to have ever played the game. "It ...

The soccer world is paying their respects to Franz Beckenbauer, the two-time World Cup winner who died Sunday, aged 78. Beckenbauer was one of the most celebrated players of his era, both for his ...

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 ...

Legendary former Germany player and manager Franz Beckenbauer has died aged 78. Widely considered one of the greatest footballers in history, Beckenbauer — nicknamed ‘Der Kaiser’ — is one of just ...

BERLIN — The emperor is dead, long live the emperor. Bayern Munich is mourning the death of “der Kaiser” Franz Beckenbauer, at the age of 78, the soccer great who led it through its golden era and ...

BERLIN — 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 ...