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Narendra Modi mourns Muhammad Ali's death

| | Jun 04, 2016, at 09:26 pm
New Delhi, June 4 (IBNS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday mourned the death of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali.

He said Ali, who had charmed generation of sports lovers by his performance in the ring, was an source of inspiration and an exemplary sportsperson.

"RIP Muhammad Ali. You were an exemplary sportsperson & source of inspiration who demonstrated the power of human spirit & determination," Modi tweeted.

Leaving his fans teary eyed, boxing legend Muhammad Ali, who was suffering from respiratory illness for sometime now, breathed his last on Friday in Arizona.

He was 74.

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