According to Eric Wahl, brother of the American journalist Grant Wahl, whose death we learned of this Saturday 10 December, at the World Cup, the latter was a victim of the Qatari authorities because he defended the LGBTQ+ cause.
Grant Wahl, 48, was a well-known American sports journalist, he wrote in particular for the famous magazine Sports illustrated. He died on Friday 9 December in Doha while covering the quarterfinals between Argentina and the Netherlands. According to NPR, he collapsed in the press room as the game drew to a close.
“My body ends up letting go,” she confided recently. “Three weeks with little sleep, lots of stress and work can have this effect on you. I could feel my upper chest supporting a new level of pressure and discomfort,” she wrote.
According to the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, Wahl died of a heart attack.
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Grant Wahl was stopped on November 21 by security personnel in Qatar because, he explained on Twitter, he wore a rainbow shirt at the match between the United States and Wales, to support LGBT+ rights. In Qatar, same-sex relationships are criminalized.
A few hours after the announcement of his death, Éric Wahl, brother of the journalist, reported a murder in tears on social media. “My name is Eric Wahl. I’m Grant Wahl’s brother,” he explains to the camera. I’m gay and that’s why he wore the rainbow shirt to the World Cup. My brother was healthy. He told me he had been threatened. I am convinced that my brother is not dead as they say, but that he was murdered. I suffer a lot.”
Eric Wahl, the brother of sports journalist Grant Wahl who died in Qatar while covering the World Cup, asks for help.
Grant was arrested in Qatar for wearing a rainbow jersey two weeks ago pic.twitter.com/lak0b1UZwa
— Philip Lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) December 10, 2022
