04/12/2017 Newsround


04/12/2017

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Hello, I'm Ayshah

and this is Newsround.

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First up, a year ago,

11-year-old Raghba had

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never even played Squash.

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But now she's dreaming of playing

for her country Syria.

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Whitney's got this...

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She trains almost every day,

focusing on her game and working to

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be quicker on her feet. But five

years ago, life was very different

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for Raghba and her family when they

were forced to leave their home town

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of homes because of the Civil War in

Syria. They moved across the border

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to Jordan where they first lived in

refugee camp. It was when they moved

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to the outskirts of the city that

Raghba and two of her sisters got

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the chance to try squash. She now

plays in a team of four girls, and

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it's not all about the sports.

We

have trading five times a week,

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squash and English, to help them

become competitive squash players so

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they can compete in squash

tournament here in Jordan and around

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the world. And we want them to

achieve academic status they can in

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role in schools.

Squash is in a very

popular sport in Syria both people

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played in other countries in the

middle East. But now Raghba and her

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team-mates are now hoping to one day

go back to Syria and share their

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love of the sport. TRANSLATION:

It's

been six months since I played

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squash and this is my first

tournament. I want to play around

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the world and go back to Syria and

become a coach. I want to take part

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in Arab and foreign tournaments.

I

like sport, and especially squash,

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because when I grow up I want to

travel and compete in tournaments

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around the world and make Syria and

my family proud.

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Best of luck, girls, I hope you

smash it!

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Next, we're celebrating

sporty girls here and now

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off to meet Jessica,

who

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lives in Liberia in West Africa

where girls haven't traditionally

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played football, but she's hoping

to help change that...

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Hi, my name is Jessica.

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Welcome to my home.

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Jessica's ten years old.

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She lives in West Point, which is

the biggest slum in Liberia.

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This is where I started playing

football when I was six years old.

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She was spotted by a talent

scout and has spent

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the last couple of years

at the Monrovia football academy.

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It's the first one in Africa to take

on both boys and girls.

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In West Africa, the female football

is not well structured,

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but this is what we're trying

to change, to give the girls access

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to opportunities out there.

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When they're playing good football,

they can have opportunities

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of a professional football contract.

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I fell in love with football

because I want to be

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a good football player,

and I love football very much.

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Nearly two thirds of children

in Liberia have never been

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to school, so the academy helps

with learning off the pitch, too.

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Jessica's had the chance to play

in international games,

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and it's her dream to one day be

part of one of Europe's

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biggest clubs, Real Madrid.

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You go, girl!

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One of the UK's biggest

supermarkets is trying a new way

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of tackling food waste.

Dry and tinned goods like pasta

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and soup that are still ok to eat

are being sold for 10p.

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But it won't apply to fresh

foods like fruit and veg.

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The Co-op says they want to lower

the amount of waste

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that we throw away.

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Want to get into the Christmas

mood, watch this...

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You can thank me later.

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It's no loving Santa Clauss. These

guys have all dressed up for a

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charity do at these key resort. I'm

pretty sure Basantas shouted ho, ho,

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ho as they bombed it down the

slopes. Look at them snow, I mean

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go!

What a terrible joke!

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Finally meet Fafa the lovable giant

panda from China...

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Who's is pretty good

at entertaining himself.

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His keepers at the zoo

say most of the

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pandas are pretty quiet and Fafa

loves playing around with a ball

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or climbing up trees.

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He is the only male panda

at the Lianoning Shenyang Forest

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Zoo, and he also loves a good ol

stretch and a snooze.

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But he hates carrots!

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I feel your pain Fafa..

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I don't like them either.

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That's the latest from

the Newsround Team, I'll be

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back at 7:40am tomorrow

with Tuesday's top stories.

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See you soon, bye-bye.

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