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ATHENS, Greece -- 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.The Swiss authorities and FIFA have been investigating the German bid since last year, with no end in sight for the case. But the German federation (DFB) has not been deterred from continuing its pursuit of soccers second biggest national team competition after the World Cup.Germany withdrew from bidding for matches at the continent-wide Euro 2020 to focus on bringing the 2024 edition to the country in its entirety.German federation president Reinhard Grindel said Wednesday that the 2006 bid investigation is no problem because we said that we would make our bid transparent with unspecified good governance processes.We have new leadership in the DFB and so all FAs trust us, Grindel, who was elected DFB treasurer in 2013, told The Associated Press. These people who are at the center of the investigation have no influence now in the DFB and so we are not responsible for what happened in 2006.The 2006 tournament became known as Germanys Summer Fairytale and the country is seeking a replay.Its our ambition to host Euro 2024 because we are well prepared, Grindel said in an interview on the sidelines of the UEFA Congress in Athens. We have the stadiums, we have the infrastructure.We showed with the organization of the (UEFA) under-19 tournament (in July) that we can do it, that we have great experience and so I think our bid will be a good bid.The Nordic group of soccer federations from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden said in April they wanted to host the European Championship either in 2024 or 2028. That bid would seek to stage events in Iceland and the Faroe Islands, too.There is no timeframe for the bidding process or a date for the vote.---Rob Harris is at www.twitter.com/RobHarris and www.facebook.com/RobHarrisReportsNike Daybreak Norge . -- Gus Malzahn finally had his day in Fayetteville. Vapormax Plus Herre Norge . The Dane followed up his first European Tour title last weekend with eight birdies and just a single dropped shot on Thursday for a one-stroke advantage over South Africas Allan Versfeld and Portugals Ricardo Santos. http://www.vapormaxnorge.com/vapormax-herre-norge/vapormax-svart.html . Miller finished in two minutes, 6.09 seconds, one day before the first medal race on the Alpine schedule. The 36-year-old American also turned in the top time in Thursdays opening training session. Vapormax Svart Dame Norge . -- The boos poured down on Tom Brady and the New England Patriots at the end of a horrible first half. Nike Vapormax Plus Norge . President of baseball operations Larry Beinfest was fired Friday after 12 years with the Marlins. The move came as the team neared the end of its third consecutive last-place season in the NL East.PV Sindhu and Ajay Jayaram advanced to the quarterfinals of the ongoing China Open Super Series after defeating their respective opponents in the second round on Thursday.While Sindhu registered a 18-21, 22-20, 21-17 win over USAs Beiwen Zhang in a match that lasted an hour, Jayaram won 20-22, 21-19, 21-12 against Hong Kongs Wei Nan in 56 minutes.Sindhu, seeded seventh, had previously recorded a 21-12, 21-16 win over Chia Hsin Lee from Chinese Taipei in the first round. She will next face Chinas Bingjiao He.This is Sindhus third event sinnce her silver medal finish at the Rio Olympics - the previous ones being the Denmark Open and the French Open, where she suffered second-round losses.ddddddddddddJayaram had earlier defeated Zhu Siyuan 19-21, 22-20, 17-21 to win the first round. He will next face second-seeded Chen Long from China.HS Prannoy, the other Indian in the fray, lost 17-21, 19-21 to Chinas Qiao Bin in a match that lasted 52 minutes. ' ' '