Aleksander Ceferin of Slovenia has been elected as the new president of UEFA, European football’s governing body. Ceferin is to complete the term of banned former President Michel Platini. The 48-year-ol d Ceferin easily won Wednesday’s UEFA presidential election, taking 42 of the 55 votes. Shortly after the result of the vote was announced, Ceferin told the delegates at the extraordinary UEFA Congress in Athens that he and was proud to be the new UEFA president. ‘Clear conscience’Earlier, Platini who was granted special permission by FIFA to address the Congress, insisted that he had done nothing wrong.

Source: Daily News Egypt September 14, 2016 18:33 UTC