Sepp Blatter visits Joao Havelange in Brazil
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FIFA President Sepp Blatter has visited predecessor Joao Havelange, who has been hospitalized for more than a month in a Rio de Janeiro hospital.
Blatter tweeted on Saturday that he was on a private trip with his daughter.
"It was great to see Joao Havelange today and hope we could cheer him up with football energy," Blatter said on Twitter.
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Doctors at Hospital Samaritano said in their latest statement that the right ankle infection that caused the hospitalization of the 95-year-old Havelange was under control, and he was still receiving medication to control blood pressure and heart function.
Havelange ran FIFA from 1974-98.
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