South Africa legend Neil Tovey taken off life support

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Neil Tovey spent most of his playing career at the Kaizer Chiefs

Former South Africa captain Neil Tovey remains in a life threatening condition in a Durban hospital after he suffered a heart attack on Sunday but has been take off life-support equipment.

The 54-year-old South African Football Association technical director is the only white man to captain a Africa Cup of Nations-winning team.

He collapsed while training for a charity cycle race set for next month.

It is the second heart attack Tovey has suffered inside two years.

In February 2015 he suffered an attack while playing a game of squash with his wife near his home in Umhlanga, on the outskirt of Durban. But he made a speedy recovery.

Tovey was taken off the life support system by doctors on Monday …

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