Longtime soccer journalist Grant Wahl, who was covering the World Cup for CBS Sports in Qatar, died on Thursday while reporting on the quarterfinal match between Argentina and the Netherlands.
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Russell LewisNPR can confirm the death of longtime soccer sportswriter Grant Wahl (<a href="https://twitter.com/GrantWahl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GrantWahl</a>). He died today in Doha, Qatar while covering the Argentina-Netherlands World Cup quarterfinal. Story to come.