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Five potential host nation alternatives if Qatar is stripped of 2022 World Cup

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Former UEFA president Michel Platini has been detained for questioning by French police over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.

France's financial prosecutor's office confirmed that 63-year-old Platini had been detained. Platini, who has never denied voting for Qatar but has always rejected any claims of wrongdoing, was detained in a suburb of Paris on Tuesday morning.

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