Soccer writer Grant Wahl collapses, dies while covering the World Cup | USA TODAY

An American soccer journalist, Grant Wahl, collapsed during an Argentina and the Netherlands match and later died.

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Soccer analyst Grant Wahl died in Qatar while covering a World Cup match between Argentina and the Netherlands on Friday, just days after his 48th birthday.

Wahl's wife, Dr. Celine Gounder, confirmed his death Friday night on Twitter, writing she was in "complete shock." Gounder also expressed gratitude for support from the "soccer family & of so many friends who've reached out tonight."

Wahl, a sports journalist for CBS Sports and author of the GrantWahl Substack column, had covered eight men's World Cup tournaments.

U.S. media seated near him said Wahl fell back in his seat in a section of Lusail Iconic Stadium reserved for journalists during extra time of the game, and reporters adjacent to him called for assistance. Emergency services workers responded very quickly, the reporters said, and the reporters later were told that Wahl had died.

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30 comments

    1. He also just took a long flight, and may have developed a DVT, which broke free and became a PE.

      Also, there is evidence that the booster can cause clotting in the weeks following the Vax.

      It’s up to the individual to decide if they should/should not do…

    2. @SoccerVideos Virtually research is being devoted to this. They don’t want to face the possibility of a very inconvenient truth.

  1. Died Suddenly = doctors baffled
    Sudden Cancer = doctors baffled
    Sudden Strokes = doctors baffled
    Heart Attacks = doctors baffled
    Myocarditis = doctors baffled
    Blood Clots = doctors baffled
    Guillain-Barré Syndrome = doctors baffled
    Neurological Problems = doctors baffled
    Compromised Immune System = doctors baffled
    Young Fit and Healthy Died = doctors baffled
    Fertility Problems = doctors baffled
    Dead Babies = doctors baffled
    Bells Palsy = doctors baffled
    Me = NOT baffled

    1. Nor I. No gene therapy penetration, plenty of D3/vitamin C as calcium ascorbate/ zinc, no plague at all in the family.

    1. @Wolf Walker smh, and Now Duke Hospital is denying a 14 yr.old life saving Kidney transplant bc she’s not vaccinated. Do you remember in the beginning of Covid CDC said teens are safe from Covid? Then they made it mandatory for teens and then they said male teens developed enlarged hearts but not to worry! Travesty!

    1. The lame stream media will keep it under raps. After all, the majority of health professionals and physicians all should have known safe and effective could not be determined without longitudinal studies. Pfizer never proved effectiveness.

  2. He DID get the gene therapy penetration as he proudly announced on Twitter. He must have an autopsie to determine cause of death such as blood clots or myocarditis. There’s too many athletes and healthy young and prime of life people dying for no apparent reason. They now call it Sudden Adult Death Syndrome and it’s rising dramatically like never before. We need research on the post effects of the penetration.

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