PARIS - Former UEFA president Michel Platini has been arrested in relation to the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, a judicial official said Tuesday. Confirming a report by online news publication Mediapart, the official said Platini was taken into custody on Tuesday as part of the investigation into the awarding of the tournament. French financial prosecutors have been investigating the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups and previously questioned former FIFA president Sepp Blatter. Platini told the AP in 2015 that he “might have told” American officials that he would vote for the United States bid. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWQatar’s methods to bring the World Cup to the Middle East for the first time have been subject to investigations by FIFA.

Source: thestar June 18, 2019 09:07 UTC