Former Fifa president Joao Havelange has died at the age of 100.
The Brazilian was predecessor to Sepp Blatter at world football's governing body, serving from 1974 to 1998.He resigned s Fifa's honorary presient in April 2013 following an investigation into bribery allegations and was was admitted to hospital the following year with a lung infection.
He was an International Olympic Committee (IOC) member from 1963 until 2011,resigning because of ill health.
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