LUSAIL, Qatar — Grant Wahl, one of the well-known soccer writers in the USA, died early Saturday whereas masking the World Cup match between Argentina and the Netherlands.
U.S. media seated close to him stated Wahl was stricken whereas within the media tribute at Lusail Iconic Stadium throughout further time and couldn’t be revived.
Wahl was masking his eighth World Cup. He wrote Monday that he had visited a hospital whereas in Qatar.
“My physique lastly broke down on me. Three weeks of little sleep, excessive stress and many work can try this to you,” Wahl wrote. “What had been a chilly during the last 10 days became one thing extra extreme on the night time of the USA-Netherlands sport, and I may really feel my higher chest tackle a brand new degree of stress and discomfort. I didn’t have Covid (I check repeatedly right here), however I went into the medical clinic on the essential media heart in the present day, and so they stated I in all probability have bronchitis. They gave me a course of antibiotics and a few heavy-duty cough syrup, and I’m already feeling a bit higher just some hours later. However nonetheless: No bueno.”
Wahl wrote that he had been amongst 82 journalists honored by FIFA and the worldwide sports activities press affiliation AIPS for attending eight or extra World Cups.
A 1996 graduate of Princeton, Wahl labored for Sports activities Illustrated from 1996 to 2021, recognized primarily for his protection of soccer and school basketball.
