{"id":1770941,"date":"2022-12-09T23:47:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T04:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1770941"},"modified":"2022-12-09T23:47:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T04:47:55","slug":"breaking-u-s-journalist-grant-wahl-collapses-and-dies-while-covering-world-cup-soccer-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-u-s-journalist-grant-wahl-collapses-and-dies-while-covering-world-cup-soccer-games\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: U.S. Journalist Grant Wahl Collapses And Dies While Covering World Cup Soccer Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-u-s-journalist-grant-wahl-collapses-and-dies-while-covering-world-cup-soccer-games%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1770941&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>U.S. journalist Grant Wahl collapsed and died Friday in Qatar while covering the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/world-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Cup<\/a> quarterfinal match between Argentina and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/soccer\/news\/grant-wahl-renowned-american-soccer-journalist-dies-at-age-48\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that Wahl \u201csuffered a heart attack\u201d while in the press box of Lusail Stadium in Doha.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe entire U.S. Soccer family is heartbroken to learn that we have lost Grant Wahl,\u201d U.S. Soccer said in a statement. \u201cFans 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: Teams, players, coaches and the many personalities that make soccer unlike any sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere in the United States, Grant\u2019s passion for soccer and commitment to elevating its profile across our sporting landscape played a major role in helping to drive interest in and respect for our beautiful game,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cAs important, Grant\u2019s belief in the power of the game to advance human rights was, and will remain, an inspiration to all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrant made soccer his life\u2019s work, and we are devastated that he and his brilliant writing will no longer be with us. U.S. Soccer sends its sincerest condolences to Grant\u2019s wife, Dr. Celine Gounder, and all of his family members, friends and colleagues in the media,\u201d the statement concluded. \u201cAnd we thank Grant for his tremendous dedication to and impact on our game in the United States. His writing and the stories he told will live on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a breaking news story; refresh the page for updates.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. journalist Grant Wahl collapsed and died Friday in Qatar while covering the World Cup quarterfinal match between Argentina and the Netherlands. CBS News reported that Wahl \u201csuffered a heart attack\u201d while in the press box of Lusail Stadium in Doha. \u201cThe entire U.S. Soccer family is heartbroken to learn that we have lost Grant &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1890690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[3997,3961,6607,7476,6202,7475,6960,5581,6794,7478,7238,7477,6195],"class_list":["post-1770941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-breaking","tag-collapses","tag-covering","tag-cup","tag-daily","tag-dies","tag-games","tag-grant","tag-journalist","tag-soccer","tag-u-s","tag-wahl","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1770941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1770941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1770941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1890690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1770941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1770941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1770941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}