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He reportedly “collapsed” while covering Friday’s Argentina-Netherlands match. Qatar’s World Cup organisers said Wahl “fell ill” in the press area, where he received “immediate medical treatment on site.”

Very unusual, I must say. American Grant Wahl died after collapsing while covering the World Cup, sparking an outpouring of shock and grief across the sports world. He was 49. He reportedly “collapsed” while covering Friday’s Argentina-Netherlands match.

He was transferred to Hamad General Hospital, said a spokesperson for the Supreme Court Committee for Delivery and Legacy, the body responsible for planning the tournament.He was treated in the stadium “for about 20-25 minutes” before he was moved to the hospital, Keir Radnedge, a columnist at World Soccer Magazine, said.

 

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