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American journalist Grant Wahl has reportedly died while covering the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, according to a video posted by his brother on Friday night.
npr confirmed Wahl’s death while covering the Netherlands-Argentina quarterfinal match in Doha and USA Soccer confirmed the news in a statement.
Wahl, who covered US and world soccer on his Substack, CBS Sports, NBC News and previously worked for Sports Illustrated, was “healthy” before collapsing during a game Friday, according to brother Eric in a instagram video you posted.
Eric, who is gay, said through tears that he believes his brother, who had been arrested before the United States’ opening match against Wales for wearing a rainbow flag shirt, may have been killed.
Wahl said: ‘I’m the reason he wore the rainbow jersey at the world cup. I don’t think my brother just died, I think they killed him’
He said in comments to the Instagram post that his brother’s wife, Dr. Celine Gounder, who worked on the Biden administration’s COVID-19 response team, has contacted the House chief of staff. Blanca, Ron Klain.
Grant Wahl’s last tweet came a few hours earlier, when he described the equalizer the Netherlands had scored against Argentina in their World Cup quarter-final match, which he attended.
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American journalist Grant Wahl has reportedly died while covering the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, according to a video posted by his brother on Friday night.
Wahl, who covered US and world soccer on his Substack and previously worked for Sports Illustrated, was “healthy” before collapsing during a game Friday, according to brother Eric in a video he posted to Instagram.
Wahl attended the US tournament opener against Wales on Monday wearing a black T-shirt with a rainbow circle wrapped around a soccer ball, in support of the LGBTQ+ community.
He took to Twitter to claim that he was initially denied entry to the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan. He also revealed that shortly after he sent his first tweet, security personnel “forcibly ripped his phone out of his hands.”
Wahl’s account was met with widespread condemnation on social media.
Dr Nayef bin Nahar, director of social sciences at Qatar UniversityI had an alternate view.
Retweeting Wahl, he said: “As a Qatari I am proud of what happened.”
‘I don’t know when Westerners will realize that their values are not universal. There are other cultures with different values that must be equally respected.
‘Let’s not forget that the West is not the mouthpiece of humanity.’
American soccer reporter Wahl has claimed he was denied entry to a World Cup stadium in Qatar for wearing a rainbow jersey before the United States’ first game against Wales on Monday.
USA kicks off campaign at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan at 2 pm ET
According to the Qatar university website, Bin Naharis is director of humanities and social sciences.
He apparently has seven books, one of which is called ‘Introduction to International Relations’.
The World Cup in Qatar has faced criticism for ‘sports laundering’ due to the host nation’s poor human rights record, particularly its treatment of the LGBTQ+ community.
In Qatar, male homosexuality is punishable by imprisonment and the government does not recognize same-sex marriages.
Just this month, a World Cup ambassador from Qatar told a German television station that homosexuality was “harm to the mind” and that being gay remains illegal in the conservative Muslim country.
Wahl was attending the United States vs. Wales World Cup opener and wrote on social media: “Right now: Security guard refusing to let me into stadium for USA-Wales.” “You have to change your shirt. It’s not allowed.”‘
Around 50 minutes later, he reposted to reassure fans and social media users, revealing that he had been in detention for almost half an hour.
He added: ‘I’m fine, but it was an unnecessary test. I’m in the media center, still in my T-shirt. He was detained for almost half an hour. Go homosexuals.
Wahl later revealed that he was finally allowed into the media center after being detained for almost half an hour and assured social media users that he was fine.
One security guard reportedly told Wahl that his shirt was “political” and therefore not allowed, while another refused to return the phone.
Wahl revealed that Andrew Das, a New York Times reporter, walked by and was also detained after Wahl informed him of what was happening.
Das was eventually let go, while Wahl was asked if he was from the UK, to which he informed them that he was from New York.
A security commander eventually arrived on the scene and apologized to Wahl before letting him go. Wahl said a FIFA official also apologized.