US soccer journalist, Grant Wahl, has died early Saturday while covering the 2022 World Cup quarter-final match between Argentina and the Netherlands.
The 49-year-old is said to have collapsed in the press box at Lusail Iconic Stadium during extra time.
Emergency services workers responded very quickly but fellow reporters were later informed Wahl had died.
Wahl drew international attention during the World Cup, after saying he was briefly stopped from attending the US match against Wales on November 21 for wearing a rainbow-coloured T-shirt in support of those who identify as LGBTQIA+, as their rights are criminalized in Qatar, a conservative Muslim nation.
He was detained briefly at the Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan before he was released by a security commander. Wahl said FIFA apologized to him.