BERLIN (Reuters) - "Kaiser Franz" has been the nearest thing Germany has to royalty, the World Cup-winning player and coach enjoying a unique status among the country's athletes past and present.
On Wednesday however, FIFA's ethics committee said it had passed on Franz Beckenbauer's case to the organisation's ethics judge for a ruling on alleged non-cooperation with investigations into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
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