João Havelange, who transformed FIFA from a tiny administrative office into the most powerful sports organization on the planet amid great controversy and ceaseless accusations of corruption, died ...

RIO DE JANEIRO: Joao Havelange, who has died at 100, was the man who made FIFA a global powerhouse, only to resign under a cloud of corruption that has darkened the world footballing body's reputation ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Joao Havelange, head of soccer's ruling body FIFA from 1974 to 1998 and a former member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), died in a Rio de Janeiro hospital on ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... RIO DE JANEIRO — Joao Havelange, who as president of FIFA for two decades transformed soccer’s governing body into a multibillion-dollar business and a ...

Joao Havelange, who as the second-longest serving head of FIFA transformed soccer's governing body into a global business worth billions and the centre of corruption allegations, has died. He was 100.

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Joao Havelange delivered an impassioned speech seven years ago in French, urging fellow International Olympic Committee members to choose Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

GENEVA Former FIFA President Joao Havelange resigned as honorary president of soccer's governing body in a World Cup bribery case that has tarnished the organization for more than a decade. FIFA ...

SAO PAULO – Former FIFA President is fighting a grave bacterial infection in a Rio de Janeiro hospital. The 95-year-old Havelange has septic arthritis, an infection that affects joints, with his right ...

Joao Havelange, the former Fifa president who has died at his home in Rio de Janeiro aged 100, could be regarded as the unlikely godfather of African football. He famously owed the developing world ...

Havelange resigned in December 2011 as a member of the IOC just days before its leadership was expected to suspend him and rule on claims that he took a $1-million kickback. “A 100-year-old man has ...