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Wednesday 12 January 2011 8:53 pm  |  Updated:  Friday 31 May 2019 2:50 am

Platini proposes Gulf World Cup

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FOOTBALL: Uefa president Michel Platini has called for the 2022 World Cup to be played across the whole of the Gulf. Qatar will host the 2022 tournament with Fifa boss Sepp Blatter keen to hold it in winter. “I hope it will be a World Cup of the Gulf,” said Platini.

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