batson attended the unveiling earlier and said he was "honoured and humbled".p of today's other sports news. tyson fury has revealed that his rematch with deontay wilder is likely to take place next spring. the rival heavyweights fought to a controversial draw when contesting wilder's wbc title in los angeles in december. wilder's agent, shelly finkel, has said that he would "probably" fight fury or anthonyjoshua next year. the entry list for the singles at wimbledon has been published — no surprise that andy murray's name does not appear. the two—time champion had effectively ruled out competing in the singles tournament this season following another hip operation in january. he could still receive a widlcard entry to the championships however he's more likely to compete in the doubles. a high—speed crash split the peloton to pieces in the final kilometre of stage ten at the giro d'italia. the incident brought down several riders including sprinter pascal ackerman — which could mean he might not line up for stage ii. france's arnaud demare went on to win the s

good tackle by brendon batson...fe, brendon batson, laurie cunningham and cyrille regis changed attitudes with their achievements on the pitch. one of the goals of the season, cyrille regis. now they have been honoured in the town where they made their name. fans raise the money to pay for the celebration statue. sadly, only one of them is still alive to see it. we were just football players. we didn't want to be labelled black, we werejust football players. we knew we had an impact, but the statue symbolises the journey we had impact, but the statue symbolises thejourney we had in impact, but the statue symbolises the journey we had in that era and the journey we had in that era and the resilience that has paved the way for the next generation. before his sudden death last year, cyrille regis described the racism he and the others face. we were used to three or four, 10,000 people shouting abuse at you, throwing bananas on the pitch and monkey chanting. i took it as they were trying to intimidate me. the problem has

and in an era when racism was rife, brendon batson, laurie cunningham and cyrille regis challenged attitudesachievements on the pitch. now they've been honoured in the town where they made their names. fans raised over £200,000 to pay for the celebration statue. sadly of the three — only one of them is still alive to see it. we were just football players, we had this label of black but we just wa nted had this label of black but we just wanted to be football players. the statute symbolises the journey black players had from that era and their resilience has paved the way for the next generation. before his death last year cyrille regis described the racism he and the others faced. we we re we were used to people shouting racist abuse and throwing bananas on the pitch and monkey chants and that kind of stuff, ijust took it as is if somebody was trying to intimidate me. the problem hasn't gone away. in montenegro earlier this year england's danny rose and raheem sterling both spoke out after racist chants. but even in the 70s and 80ss the trio were made welcome in west bromwich. as you can see

brendon batson the only surviving member of the trio will be here and present later today. some of the organisations within football, like a kick at racism. it has been organised by the fa ns racism. it has been organised by the fans who held a number of fundraising events. —— kick alt racism. frank skinner, a west brom supporter, he raised a lot of money at one particular show that he did. and actually, the shopping centre that you can see at which the statue is going to be placed, was not computed all those years ago, so it has taken a while for everything to happen. from the clay model it looks like it will be a beautiful and joyous statue when it is unveiled. we will no doubt check in with you later, what time are the covers coming off, do you know? it is due to be about 11:30am, three minutes' time, but the guests are still looking at some old footage, so i think it will be within the next 20 minutes or so. local -- 0k, we will join you later. thanks very much. nurses are warning there needs to be a greater awareness of the dangers of inhaling nitrous oxide, also known

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good tackle by brendon batson...y for the celebration statue. sadly, only one of them is still alive to see it. we were just football players. we didn‘t want to be labelled black, we werejust football players. we knew we had a bit of an impact, but the statue symbolises the journey black players had in that era and the resilience that has paved the way for the next generation. before his sudden death last year, cyrille regis described the racism he and the others face. we were used to three or four, five, ten thousand people shouting abuse at you, throwing bananas on the pitch and monkey chanting. i just took it as they were trying to intimidate me. the problem hasn‘t gone away. against montenegro this year, danny rose and raheem sterling both spoke out after racist chanting. but even in the ‘70s and ‘80s, the trio were made welcome at west bromwich albion. as you can see from the reaction here, the trio are still held in enormous affection. notjust here, but across the footballing world. known affectionately as the

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it's a statue of laurie cunningham, cyrille regis and brendon batson who all played for west browmiche first time a club regularly fielded black players, and brendon batson says the statue should come to symbolise the ongoing fight against prejudice. very often we do have a little giggle about sporting statues, but that's a great one. you've got your latest interview for us?|j that's a great one. you've got your latest interview for us? i have, folks, that's all you need to know, i'm not going to read this stuff! we're doing this stuff about change the game, a few weeks out from the women's world cup in france and. brea kfast women's world cup in france and. breakfast will be there, and exciting time in women's sport at the moment. among those players hoping to make an impact at the tournament is england's toni duggan. the barcelona forward missed out on a champions league winners medal at the weekend when her side were beaten by lyon but she's looking forward to putting women's football centre stage this summer. as part of the bbc‘s change the game season, i went to spain to meet her