Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder and Bayern Munich leaders have commemorated football icon Franz Beckenbauer amid preparations for the Bundesliga restart between Bayern and Hoffenheim in what will be an emotional game on Friday. Söder and Bayern representatives signed a condolence book laid out from Wednesday onwards in memory of Bayern and Germany great Beckenbauer, who died on Sunday at age 78. "We mourn the loss of a very, very great Bavarian, the most successful and best footballer Germa
Germany tennis legend Boris Becker has named the death of Franz Beckenbauer a shock and said the nation's football icon had been a role model for him. "I knew he wasn't feeling well but I didn't know that he would die on Sunday. Therefore it was a huge shock for me and my family," Becker told reporters on Wednesday. "Germany has lost a very great man," the three-time Wimbledon champion and former world number one said of Beckenbauer who died at age 78. Becker named Beckenbauer a role model "for
A powerful German state leader ordered a probe Tuesday into an anti-Semitism scandal within his ruling coalition just weeks ahead of a key regional election."There is no place for anti-Semitism in the Bavarian state government," he added.
The rabbinical group had been based in London since it was founded in 1956 and has around 1,000 member rabbis from across Europe, from Dublin to Vladivostok.