Senior sports journalist P T Baby dead

Senior journalist P T Baby, the sports editor of the Mathrubhumi Daily, died at a private medical college here on Saturday, family sources said. He was 50. He had been undergoing treatment for an abdomen-related ailment for some time, they said.

After joining the Mathrubhumi’s Kannur unit in 1996, Baby covered several national and international events including the Olympics, cricket and football world cups, and Indian Premier League among others. He became the sports news editor of the Malayalam Daily in 2018.

Baby is survived by two children.