Former athlete dead

A former Indian sprinter who overcame a childhood tragedy to become the country’s most celebrated athlete has died aged 91.

Milkha Singh’s family said he died late on Friday of complications from Covid-19 in a hospital in the northern city of Chandigarh.

Singh had first tested positive for coronavirus on May 20. His wife Nirmal Kaur, a former volleyball captain, died of the virus just days earlier aged 85.