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Zurich (AP) - The world football association FIFA will not pursue the proceedings against Franz Beckenbauer, the former DFB President Theo Zwanziger and the former DFB General Secretary Horst R. Schmidt in connection with the 2006 World Cup summer fairy tale due to the statute of limitations.

That was decided by the judicial chamber of the independent ethics committee, as FIFA announced on Thursday.

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