The former Fifa president Joao Havelange has resigned from the International Olympic Committee days before an ethics hearing into his conduct.
The 95-year-old was facing suspension over his involvement with Fifa's former marketing agency International Sport and Leisure (ISL).
The BBC Panorama programme claimed in 2010 that Havelange accepted money from ISL for granting lucrative World Cup contracts.
Havelange was the IOC's longest-serving member having joined in 1963.
He served as Fifa president between 1974-98 before he was replaced by Sepp Blatter.
Two other IOC members, International Association of Athletics Federations president Lamine Diack and Issa Hayatou, president of the Confederation of African Football will have their cases considered by the IOC this week.
