RIO DE JANEIRO: Joao Havelange, the Brazilian former FIFA president who helped Rio de Janeiro’s winning bid to host the Olympic Games this August, has been hospitalized with pneumonia, a spokeswoman said on Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

Havelange, 100, was being treated at the Samaritano hospital in Rio. His condition was stable, a statement from the hospital said.

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