ENGLAND legend Sir Geoffrey Boycott has been rushed to hospital with pneumonia after suffering a setback in his recovery from cancer surgery.
The cricket icon, 83, went under the knife this week after revealing he had been diagnosed with throat cancer for a second time.
His family issued an update on social media, telling fans that Boycott had successfully undergone a three-hour operation.
However, a new statement on Sunday afternoon revealed that Boycott’s health has now “taken a turn for the worse.”
After returning home from his cancer surgery, the former batsman was struck down with pnuemonia.
He is “unable to eat or drink” as a result of the illness.
And Boycott is now back in hospital “on oxygen and a feeding tube.”
The full statement from his family read: “Thank you all for the well wishes, we’ve been blown away by the sheer number of them!
“Unfortunately things have taken a turn for the worse and my Father has developed pneumonia and is unable to eat or drink so is back in hospital on oxygen and a feeding tube for the foreseeable.”
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