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American sportswriter Grant Wahl died while covering the World Cup in Qatar due to a burst blood vessel, his wife has said.

Wahl, a former Sports Illustrated journalist who later moved to Substack, died while reporting the match between Argentina and the Netherlands.

US reporters sitting near him said he fell back in his seat during extra time, in a part of the stadium reserved for journalists.

They had called for assistance and, while emergency services responded quickly, they were later told that Wahl - believed to be 49 - had died.

Writing on Wahl's blog on Wednesday, his wife Dr Celine Gounder said: "An autopsy was performed by the New York City Medical Examiner's Office.

"Grant died from the rupture of a slowly growing, undetected ascending aortic aneurysm with hemopericardium. The chest pressure he experienced shortly before his death may have represented the initial symptoms.

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