Slovenia's Čeferin becomes new UEFA president

The 7th president of UEFA in its 62-year history, Čeferin will serve out the remaining two and a half years of the term of Michel Platini, who was suspended due to corruption.

In his first press conference as UEFA president, Čeferin said that he would be striving for transparency by introducing term limits for key UEFA officials and to establish a compliance committee to monitor the association's governance.

Asked about his first steps, Čeferin said that he would "go to [UEFA headquarters in] Nyon and shake hands with everybody, to present myself."

Čeferin started out his bid with the support of smaller UEFA members but ended up securing endorsements from powerhouses such as Germany, Italy and France.

Discussing the support from large nations and not only small and medium sized countries, he said that "big associations...believed in me and my programme,...