DFB president Wolfgang Niersbach has stepped down today as a result of the 2006 scandal.
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The president of the German football federation resigned on Monday over a Fifa payment that has resulted in a tax evasion probe.
Wolfgang Niersbach said after an emergency meeting of the federation that he was taking "political responsibility" for the affair, although he had no reason to "reproach myself."
Frankfurt prosecutors are investigating a payment of 6.7 million euros ($7.22 million) the federation made to FIFA in connection with the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Niersbach, who has been the president of the federation (DFB) since 2012, is also a member of the executive committee of both Fifa and Uefa.
The 64-year-old Niersbach said he was stepping down "with a heavy heart" and "I can say in good conscience that I have nothing to reproach myself" with over the payment at the center of the case.
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