Former FIFA executive David Sasso Sasso dies

FIFA says Isaac David Sasso Sasso, an executive committee member for 17 years, died at his home in Costa Rica on Tuesday. He was 85.

Sasso Sasso also was vice president of the Confederation of North and Central American and Caribbean Football from 1990-07 before stepping down because of ill health.

CONCACAF President Jack Warner says in a statement that "we have tremendous respect for Isaac David Sasso Sasso's service."

The cause of death was not announced.

Sasso Sasso was a director of Costa Rican club Herediano. In 1990 he began an eight-year stint as national federation president.

At FIFA, he helped organize Olympics soccer tournaments.