Tributes pour in for 'father of Malaysian hockey'


PETALING JAYA: Datuk N. Sri Shanmuganathan has credited the late Sultan Azlan Shah as being the man behind the heroics of the 1975 World Cup hockey team.

“Sultan Azlan made us bring out our best,” said Sri Shan, who captained the team to a creditable fourth placing in the 1975 World Cup in Kuala Lumpur.

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