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Grant Wahl was a vocal critic of the Qatari government and of the nation’s hosting of the World Cup.
The prominent American soccer journalist spoke out against the regime just one day prior to his sudden death while covering Argentina’s quarterfinal win over the Netherlands in Lusail, Qatar on Friday. He was 49.
“They just don’t care,” Wahl wrote on his Substack on Thursay. “Qatari World Cup organizers don’t even hide their apathy over migrant worker deaths, including the most recent one.”
On Wednesday, The Athletic reported that a migrant worker died at the tournament while performing repairs at a training base during the group stage. The worker suffered a fatal blow to the head after falling off a forklift, and it was kept under wraps until the report came out.
“We know the Qatari Supreme Committee doesn’t care because its CEO, Nasser Al-Khater, told you all you needed to hear in an interview with the BBC that was breathtaking in its crassness,” Wahl wrote.
