Sports World News of Tuesday, 18 October 2016Source: BBCSouth Africa legend Neil Tovey taken off life supportNeil ToveyFormer 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. Tovey was taken off the life support system by doctors on Monday morning but there was no immediate improvement on his condition, the South African Football Association spokesman Dominic Chimhavi said on Monday afternoon. Pictures of Tovey, holding the trophy aloft above his head, next to a beaming Nelson Mandela are still commonly seen in South African sports publications. After retiring he became a coach and had stints in charge of Hellenic, AmaZulu and Mamelodi Sundowns, where he won the South African league title in 2007.

Source: CameroonWeb October 18, 2016 10:12 UTC