All news on the topic: Franz Beckenbauer

Brazil icon Ronaldo was handed the task of naming his best XI of all time and including himself alongside a list of glittering former teammates and opponents that he has faced

Lionel Messi's World Cup success in 2022 added to his Ballon d'Or and European Cup successes - putting him into a unique club alongside the likes of Kaka and Ronaldinho

Sadio Mane missed out on the 2020 Ballon d'Or but was seemingly more frustrated by the fact that his then-manager Jurgen Klopp issued his support to a Liverpool team-mate rather than him

Bitter rivals Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid put their differences aside before a match in Saudi Arabia to remember one of football's most iconic players, Franz Beckenbauer

Part of the process of making sure something like the enormous and outrageous Post Office scandal never happens again is to question everyone involved in the affair - and that includes Rishi Sunak

Franz Beckenbauer, the Bayern Munich and Germany legend, has passed away at the age of 78. His remarkable career, during which he was an innovator as much as a serial winner, made him truly one of the game's all-time greats

The family of Franz Beckenbauer has confirmed that the German football legend has died at the age of 78

Narrowing the world's best ever footballers down to a five-man team feels like a thankless task, but AI has given it a go and found room for two current greats of the game

There have been plenty of talented defenders to ply their trade in the Premier League but none feature in the list of the best in football history if Artificial Intelligence is to be believed

It is not just the elderly who can remember the 1966 World Cup Final who will grieve for him today - the young mourn him, too, because he was everything a sports star should be

'Sir Bobby Charlton is arguably the most influential and important footballer in the history of the game in this country, a towering figure for both Manchester United and for England'

The Liverpool manage once issued his support to Virgil van Dijk's Ballon d'Or campaign over Sadio Mane's and the Senegal international did not take it particularly well

With his control in bringing the ball out of defence and his ability to spray passes Stones was picked out as a young Franz Beckenbauer shortly after he joined Everton

With players from all over the world vying to be crowned top dog, who came out on top?