Renowned soccer journalist Grant Wahl has died, the U.S. Soccer Federation reported Friday. Wahl was in Qatar protecting the World Cup when he handed away.
The trigger and circumstances of his dying had been unclear.
“The entire U.S. soccer family is heartbroken to learn that we have lost Grant Wahl,” the U.S. Soccer Federation said in a statement Friday night time. “Fans of soccer and journalism of the highest quality knew we could always count on Grant to deliver insightful and entertaining stories about our game, and its major protagonists.”
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Wahl had tweeted earlier Friday that he was covering the quarterfinal match between Argentina and the Netherlands.
A prolific journalist, Wahl wrote for a number of shops. He was an analyst on CBS Sports HQ all through the Qatar World Cup, and wrote visitor columns centered on the U.S. males’s nationwide workforce for CBS Sports. He was additionally an editorial guide for soccer documentaries on Paramount+.
Wahl was additionally married to Dr. Celine Gounder, a CBS News medical contributor. Gounder tweeted that she was “completely in shock” and thanked Wahl’s “soccer family” and their buddies for his or her help because the news was reported.
“We are shocked, saddened and heartbroken over the tragic passing of Grant Wahl,” Major League Soccer’s commissioner Don Garber tweeted. “He was a kind and caring person whose passion for soccer and dedication to journalism were immeasurable.”
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