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PARIS (AP) French Rugby Federation president Bernard Laporte was detained for questioning Tuesday the latest judicial twist in his battles over allegations of financial wrongdoing. France's national prosecution office that focuses on financial crimes said police were questioning Laporte for suspected tax-related wrongdoing.
French rugby chief Bernard Laporte has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence for corruption, nine months before the country hosts the World Cup.
A subsidiary of French construction company Vinci was handed preliminary charges Wednesday of forced labor and other alleged violations of the rights of migrant workers hired to build infrastructure in Qatar around the World Cup. The company denies the charges and is appealing them, and accused magistrates of rushing through…