{"id":153485,"date":"2022-12-10T04:14:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T04:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/grant-wahl-soccer-writer-dies-after-collapsing-at-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2022-12-10T04:14:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T04:14:05","slug":"grant-wahl-soccer-writer-dies-after-collapsing-at-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/grant-wahl-soccer-writer-dies-after-collapsing-at-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Grant Wahl, soccer writer, dies after collapsing at World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"
Award-winning sportswriter Grant Wahl, best known for his work with Sports Illustrated and Fox Soccer, died after collapsing in the media tribune at Friday’s Argentina-Netherlands World Cup game, US Soccer announced. He was 48.<\/p>\n
Paramedics treated Wahl for approximately 30 minutes after his collapse before removing him from the stadium on a stretcher. He was later pronounced dead Saturday morning at a Qatari hospital.<\/p>\n
The cause of death is unknown. In a statement, US Soccer called Wahl’s work \u201cinsightful and entertaining\u201d and praised his devotion to the sport.<\/p>\n
Wahl was tweeting throughout Argentina-Netherlands match, with his final tweet coming after the Netherlands’ game-tying goal near the end of the second half. \u201cJust an incredible set-piece goal by the Netherlands,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
Qatar was Wahl’s eighth World Cup.<\/p>\n
Wahl’s journalism career began with an internship at the Miami Herald in 1994; two years later he joined Sports Illustrated, for whom he covered seven World Cups and 12 NCAA basketball tournaments. He won four magazine story of the year awards from the US Basketball Writers Assn., while his book \u201cThe Beckham Experiment\u201d \u2014 on David Beckham’s move to the Galaxy \u2014 was a New York Times bestseller.<\/p>\n
Wahl is survived by his wife, Dr. C\u00e9line Gounder, an infection disease specialist and a member of President Biden’s COVID-19 transition team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DOHA, Qatar \u2014 Award-winning sportswriter Grant Wahl, best known for his work with Sports Illustrated and Fox Soccer, died after collapsing in the media tribune at Friday’s Argentina-Netherlands World Cup game, US Soccer announced. He was 48. Paramedics treated Wahl for approximately 30 minutes after his collapse before removing him from the stadium on a …<\/p>\n