Joao Havelange

FIFA ex-President, Havelange dies at 100

Former FIFA president, Joao Havelange who helped bring the Olympic Games to Rio, has died at the age of 100 on Tuesday. The news was confirmed by Andresa Feijo, spokeswoman for the Samaritano Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, where Havelange had been treated for pneumonia in July. He was the President of the Brazilian Sports Confederation from... Read More

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July 12, 2012

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Havelange collected bribes as FIFA president

by Isi Esene Swiss prosecutors have revealed that Joao Havelange, the former FIFA president had received at least 1.5m Swiss francs (£986,000) and executive committee member Ricardo Teixeira at least 12.74m SFr (£8.4m). The report states: “The finding that FiFA had knowledge of the bribery payments to persons within its organs is not questioned. “This... Read More

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