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RIO’S FIGHT

DAVE FLETT TALKS TO FORMER FOOTBALLER TOMMY SPURR ABOUT HIS YOUNG SON’S BATTLE WITH CANCER - AND THE BACKING HIS FAMILY’S RECEIVED

FORMER Championship ace Tommy Spurr has thanked the footballing family for their “absolutely amazing” support as his brave son Rio fights stage four cancer.
Four-year-old Rio was diagnosed with a rare type of kidney cancer called Wilms’ tumour in April after ex-Sheffield Wednesday, Blackburn, Doncaster and Preston defender Tommy and his wife Chloe found a small lump when he complained about having stomach ache.
Only 80 children are diagnosed with Wilms’ tumour i...

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