Platini detained as part of 2022 World Cup probe

Former UEFA president Michel Platini has been arrested on suspicion of corruption. Michel Platini, the former UEFA president, was detained in Paris early on Tuesday morning as part of an investigation into alleged corruption in the Qatar 2022 World Cup bidding process. FIFA SCANDAL What you need to know Since 2015 FIFA has been embroiled in scandal and controversy, but who is involved, and what have they been accused of doing? Infantino talks to ESPN FC FIFA president Gianni Infantino tells ESPN how he is hoping to clean up football after so much scandal at world football's governing body. - ESPN The Magazine: The FBI vs, FIFA - No smoking gun, but clean-up begins - Bribes, paintings and gifts galore - All the latest FIFA news The detention and questioning of the former French football star was first reported by French investigative website Mediapart and has since been confirmed to ESPN FC by judicial sources.  Platini, UEFA president from 2007-15, was taken to a cell at the Anti-Corruption Office of the Judicial Police...

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