ITV pundit Nadia Nadim exits studio mid-match after learning of mother’s death

Nadia Nadim, pictured here playing with her NWSL club Racing Louisville FC in August, was commentating on Denmark’s match against Tunisia when she learned of her mother’s death. Photograph: EM Dash/USA Today Sports

ITV World Cup pundit Nadia Nadim has revealed she had to leave the studio while on air after learning that her mother had died.

The Denmark international footballer wrote on Instagram that her mother, Hadima Nadim, 57, had been killed in a collision with a truck on her way home from the gym on Tuesday.