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

FIFA World Cup 2022: American Sports Journalist Grant Wahl

FIFA World Cup 2022: Highly-regarded American soccer journalist Grant Wahl passed away covering the ld Cup in Qatar. He was passed away while covering the World Cup match between Argentina and the Netherlands in Qatar.

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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.

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