Is Grant Wahl Dead ? Top 10 Reasons To Know

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Grant Wahl, a well-known American journalist, his away in Qatar after collapsing while covering the World Cup, sending shockwaves across the sports community.

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He "collapsed," a witness told CNN, while covering the Argentina-Netherlands game on Friday.

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Wahl "became sick" in the press area, where he received "urgent medical treatment on site," according to Qatar's World Cup organisers on Saturday.

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According to a representative for the Supreme Court Committee for Delivery and Legacy, the organisation in charge of organising the competition, he was afterwards transported to Hamad General Hospital.

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Keir Radnedge, a columnist for World Soccer Magazine, told CNN on Saturday that he was treated in the stadium "for around 20 to 25 minutes" before being taken to the hospital.

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"This occurred at the end of the game's extra period. Suddenly, coworkers on my left began crying for help from the medical staff.

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It was clear that someone had passed out. People were able to move the chairs since they are freestanding, which allows for the creation of a little area around him, according to Radnedge.

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US Soccer released a statement on its official Twitter account, saying, "The entire US Soccer family is heartbroken to learn that we have lost Grant Wahl."

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"We are heartbroken that Grant, and his excellent writing, will no longer be with us. Grant made soccer his life's work."

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US Soccer expressed their sympathies to Wahl's wife, Celine Gounder, and other family members while praising Wahl's drive and "conviction in the power of the game to improve human rights."

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