Hockey legend Mohammad Shahid is no more

dynamitenews.com
New Delhi/ 20 July 2016. Indian hockey legend Mohammad Shahid passed away on Wednesday due to multiple organ failure.

The 56-year-old hockey star Shahid was admitted to Medanta - the Medicity - earlier this month after a bout of jaundice and dengue made his condition worse. He was airlifted from Varanasi.

"He breathed his last at 10:45 this morning. It was multiple organ failure that led to his passing away. He will be taken to Varanasi and last rites will be performed there tomorrow," said Shahid's son Mohammed Saif.

1980 Moscow Olympics winner
Shahid was one of India's greatest hockey players. He was a member of the V Baskaran-led Indian team that won a gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

He was also a part of the national team that won a silver medal at the Delhi Asian Games in 1982 and bronze in the Seoul Asiad in 1986. (With PTI inputs)