Names & faces: Sheikh Salman, Michel Platini
The Bahraini sheikh is going for simplicity and fan appeal with pledges to transform a discredited FIFA:
The suspended UEFA president observed a minute of silence in honor of the victims of the Paris attack in a ceremony at the headquarters of UEFA, European soccer’s governing body — a potential breach of the ban preventing him from entering the building.
Platini’s legal team said the Frenchman was so affected by the string of attacks that killed at least 129 people that “it was impossible for him not to attend” the ceremony in Nyon, Switzerland.
Platini has been suspended from all soccer activities for 90 days over a 2011 payment from FIFA.