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Golden Ball
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-07-07 10:17

Golden Ball


German former national soccer player and President of the World Cup 2006 Organising Committee Franz Beckenbauer (L) stands beside German Chancellor Angela Merkel as she receives the official soccer ball for the World Cup 2006 final at the Chancellery in Berlin July 6, 2006. France will play Italy in the final on July 9 in Berlin.[Reuters]