Veteran US sports journalist Grant Wahl dies in Qatar during FIFA World Cup match

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Grant Wahl, one of the most well-known soccer writers of the United States, died on 10 December while covering the World Cup match between Argentina and the Netherlands in Qatar.

Important facts

• The US media present near him at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar told that Grant Wahl suddenly fell from his seat.

• This was the 8th World Cup for Wahl, who has been covering football continuously since 1996.

• Wahl was detained a day earlier in Qatar for wearing a rainbow shirt in support of the LGBTQ community.

• At the beginning of the World Cup, Grant Wahl said that the security did not give him entry in the match against America and Wales and asked him to take off the rainbow shirt.