A 90-day provisional ban by FIFA on World Cup-winning player and coach Franz Beckenbauer has been lifted after only 15 days with world soccer’s governing body saying on Friday the German was now welcome at the tournament.
German football association (DFB) president Wolfgang Niersbach welcomed the move and said he could not understand why Fifa had taken such a drastic step in the first place against someone who had done so much for football.
Beckenbauer had been banned two weeks ago after refusing to cooperate with an investigation into the award of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.
