German soccer great Franz Beckenbauer and FIFA vice president Angel Maria Villar have been investigated by ethics prosecutors and are awaiting verdicts in their cases, the governing body's ethics panel said Wednesday. Both Beckenbauer and Villar - now serving as FIFA's No. 2 official while President Sepp Blatter is suspended - have previously been identified by media as targets of the investigation into the bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Both men face sanctions for obstructing then-FIFA prosecutor Michael Garcia's investigation, ethics committee spokesman Marc Tenbuecken told The Associated Press. More...