Former UEFA head Platini detained in Qatar World Cup investigation

FILE PHOTO: Former UEFA President Michel Platini speaks before the election of the new UEFA President in Athens, Greece September 14, 2016. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - Michel Platini, the former head of European football association UEFA, was detained for questioning by French police on Tuesday over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup football tournament to Qatar, a judicial source told Reuters.

Platini's lawyer, William Bourdon, said his client was innocent of all charges and that he was being questioned on "technical grounds."