Joao Havelange: Former Fifa president and IOC member dies aged 100
Tue Aug 16, 2016 03:30:pm Sports
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Joao Havelange, Brazil's former FIFA president who helped bring the Olympic Games to Rio, has died at the age of 100.
He was President of the Brazilian Sports Confederation from 1956 to 1974, and head of world football governing body FIFA from 1974 to 1998, the imposing figure of Havelange helped Brazil win bids to host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games.
He is credited with helping transform football into a global success story.
He resigned as Fifa's honorary president in April 2013 following an investigation into bribery allegations and was admitted to hospital the following year with a lung infection.
He resigned as honorary president of FIFA in 2013 after a report found he had taken bribes.
He was President of the Brazilian Sports Confederation from 1956 to 1974, and head of world football governing body FIFA from 1974 to 1998, the imposing figure of Havelange helped Brazil win bids to host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games.
He is credited with helping transform football into a global success story.
He resigned as Fifa's honorary president in April 2013 following an investigation into bribery allegations and was admitted to hospital the following year with a lung infection.
He resigned as honorary president of FIFA in 2013 after a report found he had taken bribes.
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