Germans seek Europe's trust for '24 bid amid World Cup probe (The Associated Press)

Germany is pressing ahead with its bid to host the 2024 European Championship, insisting Wednesday that its soccer leadership should be trusted because it is not linked to mounting allegations of wrongdoing against the 2006 World Cup campaign. Swiss federal prosecutors have opened criminal proceedings against Franz Beckenbauer and the three other German members of the 2006 organizing committee. The four are suspected of fraud, money laundering, criminal mismanagement and misappropriation relating to a payment of 6.7 million euros ($7.3 million) to FIFA in 2005.