Former national hockey player S. Sivabalan dies at 59


PETALING JAYA: Former national hockey star and Olympian S. Sivabalan (pic) has died while playing the game he loved. He was 59.

He had collapsed at 3.30pm while playing a match commemorating the 125th anniversary of the Royal Ipoh Club at the grounds of the Perak Sikh Union Club yesterday.

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