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FIFA investigation into Qatar 2022 to report within weeks

File picture shows Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad and his wife Sheikha Moza holding a copy of a World Cup trophy in Zurich * FIFA investigator * FIFA ethics investigator Garcia in Muscat * Players call for reform (Updates with FIFA statement, Garcia) By Fatma Alarimi and Stephen Eisenhammer MUSCAT/RIO DE JANEIRO, June 2 (Reuters) - The fate of the 2022 soccer World Cup could be decided within weeks after the man leading the internal investigation into how Qatar won the right to host it announced on Monday he would complete his probe next week and report back in July. Former U.S. prosecutor Michael Garcia appears to hold the future of Qatar's multi-billion dollar World Cup bid in his hands, after new allegations of bribery brought loud calls for the tournament to be moved if corruption is proved. In a statement, he set out a timetable that would see him file a report just after this year's World Cup ends in Brazil.




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