Joao Havelange - Former Fifa President and IOC Member, Died in Rio de Janeiro Aged 100

Joao Havelange - Former Fifa President and IOC Member, Died in Rio de Janeiro Aged 100 Joao Havelange, the Brazilian who ran Fifa for two decades, has died in Rio de Janeiro aged 100. Havelange had been admitted to hospital in July suffering from pneumonia having been ill for some time. The Samaritano hospital, while refusing to comment on the cause of death, put out a statement expressing its “sympathy for his family and friends”.