A soccer-loving nun from Brazil is believed to have become the world’s oldest living person at nearly 117 years old following the recent death of a Japanese woman.

A French nun who was believed to be the world’s oldest person has died shortly before her 119th birthday.

This photo provided by the Sainte-Catherine Laboure care home communications manager shows Lucile Randon, Sister Andre's birth name, in Toulon, southern France, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. French media reported that Sister Andr tested positive for the coronavirus in mid-January in Frances southern city of Toulon. A French nun who is believed to be the world’s second-oldest person was celebrating her 117th birthday in style on Thursday. “It’s a big day,” David Tavella, the communications manager for the nun's care home in the southern French city of Toulon, told The Associated Press. “All of it washed down with red wine, because she drinks red wine.

The nun is the second-oldest known living person in the world, according to the Gerontology Research Group, which validates details of people believed to be aged 110 or older. French media report that the nun tested positive for COVID-19 virus in mid-January but just three weeks later she is fit as a fiddle — albeit it in her regular wheelchair. (BFM TV via AP)PARIS – A 116-year-old French nun who is believed to be the world’s second-oldest person has survived COVID-19 and is looking forward to celebrating her 117th birthday on Thursday. French media report that Sister André tested positive for the virus in mid-January in the southern French city of Toulon. In January, 81 of the 88 residents tested positive for the virus, and about 10 of them died, according to Var-Matin.