Former UEFA president Michel Platini has been detained by police in France as part of an investigation into the decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.
An investigation into the controversial decision to allow Qatar to host the tournament despite the Western Asian country's human rights record and logistical problems posed by the nation's laws has led to the former France star being detained by French prosecutors.
French newspaper Le Monde reports that the arrest is in relation to a meeting the 63-year-old admitted attending with former France president Nicolas Sarkozy and then Qatari crown prince - now Emir - Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani just days before the vote to decide which country would host the 2022 edition of the tournament.