So long, Syed Ahmad – the legend who steered football team to 1972 Munich Olympics


KUALA LUMPUR: National football legend Syed Ahmad Syed Abu Bakar (pic) has breathed his last at the Kangar Hospital in Perlis yesterday afternoon after a two-year battle with prostate cancer. He was 76.

The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) said in a statement on Facebook that the former national hotshot leaves behind his wife, Samihah Razali, and five children.

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