Feeling pretty hairy, bad,” Wahl told co-host Chris Wittyngham in the episode. “It had gotten pretty bad in terms of like the tightness in my chest, tightness, pressure. In an episode of the podcast Futbol with Grant Wahl, published days before his death on December 6, he had complained of feeling unwell. He had just celebrated his birthday earlier this week with “a great group of media friends at the World Cup,” according to a post on his official Twitter account, which added: “Very thankful for everyone.” Wahl had covered soccer for more than two decades, including 11 World Cups - six men’s, five women’s – and authored several books on the sport, according to his website. Wahl wearing a rainbow-colored t-shirt while working at Qatar 2022. The World Cup organizers also said they were in touch with the US embassy “to ensure the process of repatriating the body is in accordance with the family’s wishes.” US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said the department was in “close communication” with Wahl’s family. I’m in complete shock,” wrote Gounder, a former CNN contributor who served on the Biden-Harris transition Covid-19 advisory board. “I am so thankful for the support of my husband Grant Wahl’s soccer family and of so many friends who’ve reached out tonight. Gounder also posted the US Soccer statement on Twitter. US Soccer praised Wahl’s passion and “belief in the power of the game to advance human rights,” and shared its condolences with Wahl’s wife and his loved ones. “Grant made soccer his life’s work, and we are devastated that he and his brilliant writing will no longer be with us.” “The entire US Soccer family is heartbroken to learn that we have lost Grant Wahl,” US Soccer said in a statement on its official Twitter account. The circumstances around his death are not clear. He added that the medical team were there “pretty quickly and were able to, as best they could, give treatment.” Because the chairs are freestanding, people were able to move the chairs, so it’s possible to create a little bit of space around him,” Radnedge said. Suddenly, colleagues up to my left started shouting for medical assistance. “This was towards the end of extra time in the match. 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, told CNN Saturday. Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire/Getty Images Grant Wahl, pictured on October 10, 2014.
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