Mick Hartley

US sports journalist Grant Wahl died in Qatar while covering the World Cup:

Grant Wahl, 48, collapsed as extra time began in the Argentina-Netherlands game on Friday night.

Early reports suggest he may have had a heart attack, but this has yet to be officially confirmed.

Last month Mr Wahl was briefly detained by Qatari authorities for trying to enter a stadium wearing a rainbow shirt, in support of LGBT rights.

Qatari sociologist Dr. Abd Al-Aziz Al-Khazraj Al-Ansari wastes no time in celebrating:

The MEMRI summary:

On December 10, 2022, Qatari sociologist and online influencer Dr. Abd Al-Aziz Al-Khazraj Al-Ansari posted to his YouTube channel a video in which he spoke about the death of American sports journalist Grant Wahl, who suddenly died earlier that day while covering the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Al-Ansari referred to Wahl as “filthy”, as a “pig”, and as the “king of the sissies”, and he said that Wahl had been attempting to “promote sodomy” by trying to enter a stadium wearing a rainbow t-shirt. Al-Ansari also said that he is going to have a party “over the corpse of that dead pig.” In addition, he said: “May Allah gather him in Hell with the original Sodomites.” Within less than 24 hours, the video garnered close to 100,000 views. Dr. Al-Ansari’s YouTube account has over 150,000 followers. 

One to remember as we look back on the "success" of the 2022 World Cup.