The Yang wizard of hockey


Two-time Olympian Yang Siow Ming now at 75.

AT 74, Parkinson’s disease has slowed his mobility, the hands tremble and he needs a wheelchair to move around.

But there was a time when Yang Siow Ming was a fleet-footed athlete, representing his school in hockey, cricket, football and athletics (100 and 200m sprint).

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