Here’s all the latest news from Qatar as the Final draws ever nearer.

Journalist’s autopsy puts rumours of foul play to bed

Grant Wahl, the US journalist who collapsed while covering Argentina’s penalty shootout victory over Netherlands, died of an aortic aneurysm according to an autopsy.

Wahl was in Qatar reporting on the World Cup independently, covering matches and also off-field issues through his Substack page.

His body arrived home in New York City on Tuesday (AEDT) and was taken to the local medical examiner’s office.

On Wednesday afternoon (AEDT) Wahl’s wife, Dr Celine Gounder, revealed on CBS Mornings that any suggestions of foul play could be put to bed.

“He had an autopsy done here in New York by the New York City medical examiner’s office, and it showed that he had an aortic aneurysm that ruptured,” she said on the show.

“It’s just one of those things that had been likely brewing for years.”

Gounder also wrote on Wahl’s Substack page that “there was nothing nefarious about his death.”

The news of Wahl’s death was initially broken by his brother, Eric, who posted an emotional video to Instagram alleging that the 48-year-old “had been killed” and that he was “healthy”. Those claims have since been retracted.