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Former senior soccer official Michel Platini detained amid investigation into 2022 World Cup in Qatar

Daily Herald | Sports

Jun 18, 2019

Three years ahead of the 2022 soccer World Cup in Qatar, questions over how the wealthy Persian Gulf nation was granted the global tournament led to a high-profile detention on Tue…

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