0:00:03 > 0:00:05Good afternoon, Newsrounders.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08I'm Jenny, you are live with CBBC, and you're going to want to keep
0:00:08 > 0:00:10watching, because all this is on the way.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14We're at a special training camp for young footballers.
0:00:14 > 0:00:20And the twin seals making history.
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Today is International Women's Day.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32A global day, celebrating the achievements of women
0:00:32 > 0:00:35and girls in lots of different fields, from politics,
0:00:35 > 0:00:35to sport,
0:00:35 > 0:00:37and everything in between.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40It is also a day which aims to promote equality,
0:00:40 > 0:00:43which means that women and girls are equal to men and boys.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46We've been asking you who inspires you, and lots of you have been
0:00:46 > 0:00:47in touch online.
0:00:47 > 0:00:5112-year-old Silvia, from Oxford, is inspired by Violet Palmer,
0:00:51 > 0:00:56the first woman to be an NBA referee, saying,
0:00:56 > 0:00:57"Although sometimes
0:00:57 > 0:00:59it was hard, she ignored all the comments that
0:00:59 > 0:01:01were made to push her down."
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Chris, who's ten, from Manchester, thinks that Nasa astronaut
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Sunita Williams is an inspiration because, "she holds the records
0:01:05 > 0:01:08for total space walks by a woman, and most space walk
0:01:08 > 0:01:09time for a woman."
0:01:09 > 0:01:13And Rosie, from Lincoln, is inspired by her mum.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15She also said, "The children's writer, Jacqueline Wilson,
0:01:15 > 0:01:18has inspired me to write more, because I love her books."
0:01:18 > 0:01:22Thank you everyone for your comments.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Next, to a football world first.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Kids from across Europe have come together for a
0:01:26 > 0:01:30special training camp, for young amputee footballers.
0:01:30 > 0:01:35Leah went to Ireland to check it out.
0:01:35 > 0:01:36It's fast, it's fun.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40It's football but not as you know it.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44Welcome to the world of amputee football.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46More than 40 kids from across Europe are here
0:01:46 > 0:01:51to Dublin in Ireland for a special football amputee training academy,
0:01:51 > 0:01:53the first of its kind.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57Amputee football is really fun and you enjoy playing
0:01:57 > 0:01:58with your friends.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01I'm a goalkeeper and I love to block the balls because because you feel
0:02:01 > 0:02:02an experience of power.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05I've enjoyed all of it, the training, the playing matches.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10Coming in here, seeing other people like you,
0:02:10 > 0:02:12you just feel more confident.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16It makes me feel like the best player in the world.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Amputee football is a sport
0:02:18 > 0:02:20played with seven players on each team.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24Outfield players may have two hands but only one leg,
0:02:24 > 0:02:29whereas the goalies may have two feet but only one hand.
0:02:29 > 0:02:3111-year-old Sean from Ireland was born with a condition that
0:02:31 > 0:02:34affected both his arms and his right leg.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38He says amputee football has helped him in many ways.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41This is a child's life long dream, whether you have something like this
0:02:41 > 0:02:45or a leg problem, to become a footballer.
0:02:45 > 0:02:51The coaches then say no.
0:02:51 > 0:02:52The amputee football says yes.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Most of the stuff I do I'm scared to do,
0:02:54 > 0:02:59my operations, or even showing my class this,
0:02:59 > 0:03:03I always do it and every time I do it, I feel good afterwards.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Organisers believe that the juniors playing here are the future
0:03:05 > 0:03:07of the sport.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Our main goal is to get them to the Paralympics,
0:03:10 > 0:03:12and we look around here today and we say, look,
0:03:12 > 0:03:14some of those young amputees now playing,
0:03:14 > 0:03:18hopefully in eight, 16 years' time, they will be household names
0:03:18 > 0:03:21and going to the Paralympics.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24With more events like this one being organised in the UK
0:03:24 > 0:03:31and Ireland, it looks like amputee football has a bright future.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33There are less than six months to go until the Paralympic Games start
0:03:33 > 0:03:35in Rio, in Brazil.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Hannah Cockcroft is one of Team GB's medal hopefuls.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40So we sent Martin to put her knowledge about the games
0:03:40 > 0:03:42to the test.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44C, and that's for cycling.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Cycling, OK.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Do you know the name of the cycling venue
0:03:47 > 0:03:50at the Rio 2016 games?
0:03:50 > 0:03:54No, I've no idea!
0:03:54 > 0:03:56You'll have to find out the answer by watching online,
0:03:56 > 0:03:59where you can see exactly how Hannah got on.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02OK, meet R2-D2 and C-3PO.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Two little seal pups who are the first of their kind
0:04:04 > 0:04:05in the world.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08They're twins, born from the same mum at the same time,
0:04:08 > 0:04:09which is surprising because it was thought
0:04:09 > 0:04:12that grey seals couldn't have twin babies.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Now they're being looked after at a sanctuary in Norfolk,
0:04:15 > 0:04:18after proving all the scientists wrong.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21We contacted various institutions in the country,
0:04:21 > 0:04:24and they said absolutely impossible, twin seals could never
0:04:24 > 0:04:26be born to a grey seal.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28So I sent their details up to Norway, and Norway
0:04:28 > 0:04:32have come back with this wonderful news that they are in fact
0:04:32 > 0:04:37twin seals and we are absolutely delighted.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39That's all from the team today, but Newsround is back
0:04:39 > 0:04:42tomorrow morning at 7.40am with Hayley.
0:04:42 > 0:04:43Have a brilliant evening.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46And don't forget to go online where you can test yourself
0:04:46 > 0:04:48with our super tricky quiz of the week.
0:04:48 > 0:04:53Bet you can't get ten out of 10!