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

Inah Canabarro Lucas, a 116-year-old nun from Brazil, has become the world's oldest person, according to Guinness World Records and LongeviQuest.

Inah Canabarro from Brazil, a great soccer enthusiast, is now the oldest living person in the world following the death of Japanese Tomiko Itooka. The nun has been cheering for Internacional Porto Alegre for decades,