Time running out for German football chief after Nazi comment
Fritz Keller apologised but refused to resign after state and regional federations urged him to leave
04 May 2021 - 18:44
Berlin — German Football Association (DFB) president Fritz Keller was still clinging to his job on Tuesday as a campaign gathered pace to have him sacked over a Nazi reference directed at his deputy.
Keller, who took over in September 2019 with a brief to reform an organisation plagued by scandal over irregular payments, faces a sports court judgment over the comment addressed to vice-president Rainer Koch...
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