November 28, 2015 08:55 pm | Updated 08:56 pm IST - RIO DE JANEIRO:
Former FIFA president Joao Havelange was discharged from the Rio Hospital Samaritano where he was admitted for what doctors 'respiratory problems.'
Former FIFA president Joao Havelange was released on Saturday from a Rio de Janeiro hospital where he was treated for 12 days for what doctors called “respiratory problems.”
The Rio Hospital Samaritano offered no other information about his condition at discharge.
The 99-year-old Brazilian, who handed over the FIFA presidency in 1998 to Sepp Blatter, was hospitalised a year ago for a similar problem.
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