Mid-Day Ticker: Media detained in Qatar, RSL focused on home win and more

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By JOHN BOSCHINI

Two employees of a Swiss television station have been released after being detained in Qatar while filming a story on the 2022 World Cup.

Reporter Christophe Cerf and cameraman Yvan Thorimbert were handcuffed and interrogated at police stations before being fined and released with their camera confiscated 10 hours later.

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