Grant Wahl

U.S. soccer writer for CBS sports, substack writer

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Senior writer for Sports Illustrated and author of The Beckham Experiment: How the World’s Most Famous Athlete Tried to Conquer America

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An American journalist says he was detained by security at a FIFA World Cup match in Qatar. He was wearing a shirt with a soccer ball surrounded by a rainbow.

Qatari government is controlling World Cup, not FIFA, says US journalist

An American journalist says he was detained by security at a FIFA World Cup match in Qatar. He was wearing a shirt with a soccer ball surrounded by a rainbow.

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The latest from  David Beckham  is that his family loves Los Angeles and he'll stay with the  LA Galaxy .  The soccer superstar claims to have settled his differences with Landon…

Beckham's Back

The latest from David Beckham is that his family loves Los Angeles and he'll stay with the LA Galaxy .  The soccer superstar claims to have settled his differences with Landon…

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