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Neil Tovey (Gallo Images)
Neil Tovey (Gallo Images)

Durban - Former Bafana Bafana captain Neil Tovey is recovering well following a heart attack and is expected to be moved from the intensive care unit of an uMhlanga hospital to a general ward by the end of the week.

The 52-year-old was playing squash near his home in Mount Edgecombe, north of Durban, when he suffered the attack, before being driven to the nearby hospital by his girlfriend.

He experienced more than one attack at the time, before undergoing surgery when a stent was successfully inserted into a blocked artery.

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