{"id":57609,"date":"2022-12-10T20:17:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T20:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=57609"},"modified":"2022-12-10T20:17:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T20:17:56","slug":"popular-sports-reporter-grant-wahl-sadly-passes-away-while-covering-the-quater-finals-of-the-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=57609","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Popular Sports Reporter, Grant Wahl Sadly Passes Away While Covering The Quater Finals Of The World Cup<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of America\u2019s leading soccer reporters, who made headlines when he was detained at the Qatar World Cup for wearing a rainbow shirt, died Friday while covering the quarter-finals in Doha, according to his wife and the US Soccer federation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grant Wahl, 48, helped build soccer\u2019s popularity in the United States through decades of vivid reporting at Sports Illustrated, then with CBS Sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to NPR, Wahl collapsed in the press tribune on Friday\u2019s&nbsp;Argentina-Netherlands match was winding down. Paramedics performed CPR at the scene before taking him away on a stretcher. The Wall Street Journal said Wahl apparently suffered a heart attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGrant made soccer his life\u2019s work, and we are devastated that he and his brilliant writing will no longer be with us,\u201d US Soccer said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said the \u201centire US Soccer family is heartbroken.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wahl\u2019s wife Celine Gounder, a renowned epidemiologist and expert on infectious diseases, tweeted: \u201cI\u2019m in complete shock.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wahl was detained in Qatar on November 21 by security staff after he wore a rainbow shirt to the opening match between the US and Wales teams, showing support for LGBTQ rights in a country where same sex relations are outlawed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wahl said on his subscription newsletter earlier this week that he\u2019d gone to a clinic at the media center in Qatar, \u201cand they said I probably have bronchitis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy body finally broke down on me. Three weeks of little sleep, high stress and lots of work can do that to you\u2026 I could feel my upper chest take on a new level of pressure and discomfort,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With some antibiotics and \u201csome heavy duty cough syrup\u201d Wahl said he was \u201cfeeling a bit better just a few hours later. But still: No bueno.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wahl in 1996 joined Sports Illustrated, at the time the premiere US sports publication, to report on soccer. He remained at the magazine until 2020, joining CBS Sports a year later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also had launched a subscription email newsletter platform and was posting to that during the World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State Department spokesman Ned Price tweeted, \u201cWe are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Grant Wahl\u201d and added that US authorities have been \u201cin close communication\u201d with his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are engaged with senior Qatari officials to see to it that his family\u2019s wishes are fulfilled as expeditiously as possible,\u201d Price wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>News of Wahl\u2019s death triggered an outpouring of emotion from the soccer world, a sign of his role in promoting the sport \u2014 both amateur and professional \u2014 in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFans of soccer and journalism of the highest quality knew we could count on Grant to deliver insightful and entertaining stories about our game, and its major protagonists: teams, players, coaches and that many personalities that make soccer unlike any sport,\u201d US Soccer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEND A STORY:<\/strong>\u00a0Do you have a story for us or need a promotion \/ advertisement? 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