American soccer journalist Grant Wahl, known for his work at Sports Illustrated, CBS Sports and Fox Sports, has died, U.S. Soccer announced Friday. Wahl was covering the Argentina-Netherlands World Cup quarterfinal in Qatar when he collapsed.
about how covering the tournament had been taking a toll on his health, saying what had been a cold had turned into something more severe.“I didn’t have Covid , but I went into the medical clinic at the main media center today, and they said I probably have bronchitis,” he wrote. “They gave me a course of antibiotics and some heavy-duty cough syrup, and I’m already feeling a bit better just a few hours later. But still: No bueno.
A graduate of Princeton, Wahl began his career with Miami Herald in 1996. Throughout a career that spanned more than 25 years, Wahl covered multiple World Cups and Olympic Games. In 2009, he wrote the bestseller “The Beckham Experiment.” “He was a kind and caring person whose passion for soccer and dedication to journalism were immeasurable,”
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