Beckenbauer banned by FIFA for failing to cooperate


Franz Beckenbauer speaks to journalists after addressing the 123rd International Olympic Committee (IOC) session in the coastal city of Durban, in this July 6, 2011 file picture. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/Files

BRASILIA (Reuters) - German former World Cup winning coach and captain Franz Beckenbauer was provisionally banned from football for 90 days for failing to co-operate with a FIFA ethics committee investigation, soccer's governing body said on Friday.

Beckenbauer, who was on the FIFA executive committee which controversially awarded the 2022 World Cup hosting rights to Qatar in 2010, had received "repeated requests" to provide information, FIFA said in a statement.

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