<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - joao-havelange</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/joao-havelange</link><description>Newsvine - joao-havelange</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 3 Aug 2012 16:17:43 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:17:14 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Rio Olympics to keep Havelange stadium name</title>
<description><![CDATA[Organizers of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics plan to keep the name of disgraced former FIFA President Joao Havelange on their main stadium.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/03/13105389-rio-olympics-to-keep-havelange-stadium-name</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/03/13105389-rio-olympics-to-keep-havelange-stadium-name</guid><category>sports</category><category>olympics</category><category>rio</category><category>2016</category><category>janeiro-olympics</category><category>havelange</category><category>joao-havelange</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Aug 2012 16:17:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Blatter defends role in FIFA kickbacks scandal</title>
<description><![CDATA[FIFA President Sepp Blatter defended his role in a World Cup kickbacks scandal on Thursday, after his former boss Joao Havelange was formally identified for taking millions of dollars in payments from marketing deals.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Graham Dunbar]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Graham Dunbar]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/12/12704114-blatter-defends-role-in-fifa-kickbacks-scandal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/12/12704114-blatter-defends-role-in-fifa-kickbacks-scandal</guid><category>sports</category><category>soccer</category><category>world-cup</category><category>corruption</category><category>fifa</category><category>sepp-blatter</category><category>blatter</category><category>joao-havelange</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:07:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FIFA picks ex-US attorney as corruption prosecutor</title>
<description><![CDATA[FIFA appointed former United States attorney Michael J. Garcia on Tuesday as lead prosecutor to investigate allegations of corruption in world soccer.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Graham Dunbar]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Graham Dunbar]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/11/12680894-fifa-picks-ex-us-attorney-as-corruption-prosecutor</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/11/12680894-fifa-picks-ex-us-attorney-as-corruption-prosecutor</guid><category>sports</category><category>soccer</category><category>world-cup</category><category>corruption</category><category>fifa</category><category>ricardo-teixeira</category><category>joao-havelange</category><category>former-fifa</category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:03:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8edbbbbc-11e6-4e02-95a9-e44e3f2a4ccd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8edbbbbc-11e6-4e02-95a9-e44e3f2a4ccd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 13, 2001 file photo, Brazil's former soccer player Pele , center, joins hands with former FIFA President Joao Havelange, left, and Ricardo Teixeira, president of the Brazilian Soccer Confederation, during a meeting to clean up Brazilian soccer, in Brasilia, Brazil. FIFA has published court documents that name Havelange and Teixeira as receiving millions of dollars from 1992-97, in a World Cup kickbacks scandal. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b5ab6f17-d2e2-4ef0-a3a4-d45876ca9bc8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="413" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b5ab6f17-d2e2-4ef0-a3a4-d45876ca9bc8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="124" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2007 file picture then  United States District Attorney Michael Garcia makes a statement during a news conference at the federal courthouse  in White Plains, N.Y. FIFA appointed former United States attorney Michael J. Garcia as lead prosecutor to investigate allegations of corruption in world football on Tuesday. One of Garcia's first tasks will be to inspect a Swiss court document on a World Cup kickbacks scandal to evaluate the behavior of president Sepp Blatter and other senior officials in the affair.   (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson,File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d5211675-f40d-490b-8411-060c1a9adb88.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d5211675-f40d-490b-8411-060c1a9adb88.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A television broadcast van stands next to a FIFA sign prior to a press conference following the extraordinary meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee, at the FIFA  headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Tuesday, July 17, 2012.   FIFA ruling board members meet on Tuesday to appoint a corruption prosecutor who will be urged to investigate how hosting rights for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups were awarded.  As part of FIFA President Sepp Blatter's anti-corruption reforms, his executive committee in Zurich will choose lawyers to lead independent prosecuting and judging chambers of a revamped ethics court.   FIFA's top anti-corruption adviser, Mark Pieth, told The Associated Press the scheduled appointments are key to modernizing football's scandal-hit world governing body. (AP Photo/Keystone/Steffen Schmidt)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b8e809f0-f1c8-40fc-9ed7-acbc3225dd2c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b8e809f0-f1c8-40fc-9ed7-acbc3225dd2c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A flag flies in front of the  Headquarters of the international Soccer association FIFA in Zurich, Switzerland, Monday, July 16, 2012. FIFA's executive committee will hold a special meeting tomorrow July 17 to confirm the nominations for chairmen of the two chambers of its recently-reformed ethics committee.  (AP Photo/Keystone/Steffen Schmidt)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c4a1e087-9bc5-4910-a3e2-5f2322218238.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c4a1e087-9bc5-4910-a3e2-5f2322218238.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FIFA President Joseph Sepp Blatter listens to journalists' questions during a press conference after the extraordinary meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee, at the FIFA  headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Tuesday, July 17, 2012. FIFA executives discussed the approval of the new FIFA Code of Ethics, among other topics. (AP Photo/Keystone/Steffen Schmidt)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=07f2456b-b1ee-44f9-b2bc-13d2d3192d88.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=07f2456b-b1ee-44f9-b2bc-13d2d3192d88.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FIFA President Joseph' Sepp'  Blatter leaves the auditorium after a press conference after the extraordinary meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee, at the FIFA  headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Tuesday, July 17, 2012. FIFA executives discussed the approval of the new FIFA Code of Ethics, among other topics. AP Photo/Keystone/Steffen Schmidt)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=87793984-3ef4-4165-9af4-2153d2d64029.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=87793984-3ef4-4165-9af4-2153d2d64029.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FIFA President Joseph Sepp Blatter listens to journalists' questions during a press conference after the extraordinary meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee, at the FIFA  headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Tuesday, July 17, 2012. FIFA executives discussed the approval of the new FIFA Code of Ethics, among other topics. (AP Photo/Keystone/Steffen Schmidt)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tests normal on ex-FIFA chief Joao Havelange, 95</title>
<description><![CDATA[Medical tests on Joao Havelange have come back normal, but the 95-year-old former FIFA president remains in serious condition.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/17/11248390-tests-normal-on-ex-fifa-chief-joao-havelange-95</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/17/11248390-tests-normal-on-ex-fifa-chief-joao-havelange-95</guid><category>sports</category><category>soccer</category><category>hospitalized</category><category>havelange</category><category>joao-havelange</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:26:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ex-FIFA president Havelange out of intensive care</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former FIFA President Joao Havelange has left the intensive care unit at the Brazilian hospital where he has been for more than three weeks because of an infection.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/05/11041120-ex-fifa-president-havelange-out-of-intensive-care</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/05/11041120-ex-fifa-president-havelange-out-of-intensive-care</guid><category>sports</category><category>soccer</category><category>hospitalized</category><category>havelange</category><category>joao-havelange</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Apr 2012 20:34:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Havelange improving, set to leave intensive care</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former FIFA President Joao Havelange is set to leave intensive care, where he is being treated for an infected right ankle.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/27/10893349-havelange-improving-set-to-leave-intensive-care</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/27/10893349-havelange-improving-set-to-leave-intensive-care</guid><category>sports</category><category>soccer</category><category>hospitalized</category><category>havelange</category><category>joao-havelange</category><category>former-fifa</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:41:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Hospital says Havelange still in serious condition</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former FIFA president Joao Havelange has entered his second week in hospital and remains in a serious condition because of an infection in his right ankle.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/20/10777371-hospital-says-havelange-still-in-serious-condition</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/20/10777371-hospital-says-havelange-still-in-serious-condition</guid><category>sports</category><category>soccer</category><category>hospitalized</category><category>havelange</category><category>joao-havelange</category><category>former-fifa</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:56:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2130512a-a5ea-4881-9192-72d914204dc4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2130512a-a5ea-4881-9192-72d914204dc4.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2010 file photo, Brazilian Joao Havelange, former FIFA president  IOC member, speaks during an interview at the Soccerex Global Convention in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Havelange was admitted to Samaritano Hospital in Rio de Janeiro Sunday March 18, 2012. A doctor treating Havelange says the 95-year-old Brazilian was diagnosed with septic arthritis and  remains in serious condition as he fights the grave bacterial infection. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Diack, Hayatou escape serious sanction in IOC case</title>
<description><![CDATA[LAUSANNE, Switzerland AP) &#8212; Two senior African members have escaped without serious sanction from the IOC in the ethics scandal that led to the resignation of former FIFA President Joao Havelange.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Wilson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Wilson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/08/9302710-diack-hayatou-escape-serious-sanction-in-ioc-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/08/9302710-diack-hayatou-escape-serious-sanction-in-ioc-case</guid><category>sports</category><category>olympics</category><category>ioc</category><category>ethics</category><category>cases</category><category>joao-havelange</category><category>switzerland-ap</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Dec 2011 17:49:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Column: With Havelange gone, what about the past?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Wow, it must be fabulous being Joao Havelange.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Leicester]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John Leicester]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/06/9254918-column-with-havelange-gone-what-about-the-past</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/06/9254918-column-with-havelange-gone-what-about-the-past</guid><category>sports</category><category>soccer</category><category>john-leicester</category><category>joao-havelange</category><category>061211</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Dec 2011 21:23:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/168d2f41-4767-43ee-a461-ef0721653e39.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="332" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/168d2f41-4767-43ee-a461-ef0721653e39.jpg" width="120" height="185" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 7, 1997 file photo, FIFA president Joao Havelange speaks at a press conference in Rio De Janeiro. The Associated Press has learned that longtime Brazilian member Joao Havelange has resigned by letter Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, from the IOC, just days before facing suspension in a corruption case stemming from his days as president of FIFA. (AP Photo/Renzo Gostoli, File )&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e2ae3b66-dc6b-4bf7-833f-b74f10adbef6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e2ae3b66-dc6b-4bf7-833f-b74f10adbef6.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - The June 5, 1996 file photo shows then FIFA President Joao Havelange of Brazil, left, and then FIFA General Secretary Joseph Blatter of Switzerland attending the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Congress in Kuala Lumpur . FIFA said Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 legal problems have postponed its promised publication next week of a Swiss court document naming football officials who took millions of dollars in kickbacks from World Cup broadcast deals. FIFA said the planned Dec. 17 publication, relating to the 10-year-old ISL scandal, has been held up by &quot;legal measures ... taken by one of the parties involved.&quot; The BBC has reported that the document implicates former FIFA President Joao Havelange and Ricardo Teixeira, the 2014 World Cup organizing committee president  (AP Photo/Mike Fiala)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5280ef57-e27b-418f-bba8-e8b13ac236d3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="356" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5280ef57-e27b-418f-bba8-e8b13ac236d3.jpg" width="120" height="173" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - The July 16, 2011 file photo shows FIFA President Joseph Blatter during a news conference for the Women's Soccer World Cup in Frankfurt, Germany. FIFA said Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 legal problems have postponed its promised publication next week of a Swiss court document naming football officials who took millions of dollars in kickbacks from World Cup broadcast deals. FIFA said the planned Dec. 17 publication, relating to the 10-year-old ISL scandal, has been held up by &quot;legal measures ... taken by one of the parties involved.&quot; The BBC has reported that the document implicates former FIFA President Joao Havelange and Ricardo Teixeira, the 2014 World Cup organizing committee president  (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b4acba66-9148-464f-80ce-2094e09d5810.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="296" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b4acba66-9148-464f-80ce-2094e09d5810.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - The June 1, 2011 file photo shows Swiss  FIFA President Joseph (Sepp) Blatter during a press conference after the 61st FIFA Congress in Zurich, Switzerland. FIFA said Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 legal problems have postponed its promised publication next week of a Swiss court document naming football officials who took millions of dollars in kickbacks from World Cup broadcast deals. FIFA said the planned Dec. 17 publication, relating to the 10-year-old ISL scandal, has been held up by &quot;legal measures ... taken by one of the parties involved.&quot; The BBC has reported that the document implicates former FIFA President Joao Havelange and Ricardo Teixeira, the 2014 World Cup organizing committee president. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Joao Havelange, 95, resigns Olympic membership</title>
<description><![CDATA[After nearly a half century in the Olympics, former FIFA President Joao Havelange has left the IOC under a cloud of corruption allegations.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Graham Dunbar]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Graham Dunbar]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/05/9223861-joao-havelange-95-resigns-olympic-membership</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/05/9223861-joao-havelange-95-resigns-olympic-membership</guid><category>sports</category><category>olympics</category><category>ioc</category><category>international-olympic-committee</category><category>havelange</category><category>joao-havelange</category><pubDate>Mon, 5 Dec 2011 15:13:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/168d2f41-4767-43ee-a461-ef0721653e39.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="332" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/168d2f41-4767-43ee-a461-ef0721653e39.jpg" width="120" height="185" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 7, 1997 file photo, FIFA president Joao Havelange speaks at a press conference in Rio De Janeiro. The Associated Press has learned that longtime Brazilian member Joao Havelange has resigned by letter Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, from the IOC, just days before facing suspension in a corruption case stemming from his days as president of FIFA. (AP Photo/Renzo Gostoli, File )&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0d2ad6f5-daea-4047-bf52-a27e5225d8c4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0d2ad6f5-daea-4047-bf52-a27e5225d8c4.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2009 file photo, Joao Havelange, the former FIFA President, is embraced by Rio 2016 bid president Carlos Arthur Nuzman, right, during the Rio 2016 bid presentation at the 121st International Olympic Committee session at the Bella Center in Copenhagen. The Associated Press has learned that longtime Brazilian member Joao Havelange has resigned by letter Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, from the IOC, just days before facing suspension in a corruption case stemming from his days as president of FIFA. (AP Photo/Claus Bjoern Larsen, Polfoto, file) DENMARK OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Source: Havelange resigns from IOC</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former FIFA President Joao Havelange has resigned from the IOC, just days before the longtime Brazilian member faced suspension from the Olympic body in a decade-old kickback scandal stemming from his days as the head of world soccer, The Associated Press has learned.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Wilson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Wilson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/04/9205100-source-havelange-resigns-from-ioc</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/04/9205100-source-havelange-resigns-from-ioc</guid><category>sports</category><category>olympics</category><category>ioc</category><category>resigns</category><category>associated-press</category><category>havelange</category><category>joao-havelange</category><category>longtime-brazilian</category><pubDate>Sun, 4 Dec 2011 17:03:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/168d2f41-4767-43ee-a461-ef0721653e39.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="332" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/168d2f41-4767-43ee-a461-ef0721653e39.jpg" width="120" height="185" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 7, 1997 file photo, FIFA president Joao Havelange speaks at a press conference in Rio De Janeiro. The Associated Press has learned that longtime Brazilian member Joao Havelange has resigned by letter Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, from the IOC, just days before facing suspension in a corruption case stemming from his days as president of FIFA. (AP Photo/Renzo Gostoli, File )&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0d2ad6f5-daea-4047-bf52-a27e5225d8c4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0d2ad6f5-daea-4047-bf52-a27e5225d8c4.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2009 file photo, Joao Havelange, the former FIFA President, is embraced by Rio 2016 bid president Carlos Arthur Nuzman, right, during the Rio 2016 bid presentation at the 121st International Olympic Committee session at the Bella Center in Copenhagen. The Associated Press has learned that longtime Brazilian member Joao Havelange has resigned by letter Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, from the IOC, just days before facing suspension in a corruption case stemming from his days as president of FIFA. (AP Photo/Claus Bjoern Larsen, Polfoto, file) DENMARK OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>