FORMER FIFA president Joao Havelange has died aged 100.
Former Olympic swimmer Havelange, who was at the centre of the bribery and corruption scandal during his spell at the helm, died in hospital in this year’s host city, Rio.
A statement from the hospital on Tuesday read: “The Hospital Samaritano (Botafogo) reports that former FIFA president Joao Havelange passed away early this morning. The institution sympathises with family and friends of the sports director.”
Havelange was found guilty of accepting £1m in bribes during his tenure from 1974 to 1998.
He resigned in disgrace as honorary president in 2013. He was also a member of the International Olympic committee from 1963 until 2011, and predecessor to Sepp Blatter at world football’s governing body.