by Thinus Ferreira
Neil Andrews (55) is missing from his sports throne in SuperSport's Studio 6 in Randburg with the legendary presenter who is confronting a health shock and is set to undergo triple bypass surgery on Tuesday after confronting unbearable chest pains since this past weekend.
The Sporting Post reports that Neil Andrews admitted himself to hospital on Saturday after pains in his solar plexus became unbearable.
Known to millions of SuperSport viewers over decades, the well-liked and highly respected Neil Andrews will undergo a triple bypass operation at the Fourways Life Hospital in Fourways, Johannesburg on Tuesday.
The highly respected sports commentator and Tellytrack and SuperSport presenter who was born in England but emigrated with his family to South Africa in 1975, is married to Hlohlo and he's the father of Elijah Gabriel Andrews (10 months), Noah Benjamin (2) and Brighton Nathaniel (7).
He has a daughter Melissa Jade (23) and son Gregory (19) from a previous relationship.
In June this year Neil Andrews opened up about the stressful impact that the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown has had on his and his family, telling The Sporting Post that "As with every South African, this time has been a real challenge both financially and emotionally".
"But I am mindful that I remain abundantly blessed. I have a beautiful, healthy young family, and my wife and I have witnessed them growing up literally in front of our eyes for every minute of every day."
SuperSport in response to a media enquiry about Neil Andrews on Monday night told TVwithThinus that "SuperSport can confirm that Neil has been hospitalised and will undergo surgery tomorrow. That said, his spirits are up and he says he's feeling fine."
