Nadia Nadim playing for Denmark
Nadia Nadim (number nine) played for Denmark during Euro 2022 and has 103 caps
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After the death of her mother, the ITV World Cup pundit has lost her most important person.

The former Manchester City player left the show before the end of the show.

On the way back from the gym, her mother was killed by a truck.

She couldn't say what she was feeling.

In a statement on Wednesday, she wrote: "I have lost the most important person in my life and it happened so sudden and unexpected. She was only 57.

She was a warrior who had fought for everything. Everything I/we are is because of her.

I have lost my home and I'm not sure what to think. I don't understand why she is in this situation. I will see you again, I adore you.

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"Everyone at ITV, those working with Nadia in Qatar, and the wider company, is deeply shocked and saddened by this tragic news," ITV said.

Our thoughts are with her and those closest to her at this difficult time.

Nadim was born in Afghanistan and her family fled to Denmark after her father, an army general, was executed by the Taliban in 2000.

She has played for Portland Thorns and Paris St-Germain and scored 38 goals.

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