08/03/2016 Newsround

Good afternoon, Newsrounders.

I'm Jenny, you are live with CBBC, and you're going to want to keep

watching, because all this is on the way.

We're at a special training camp for young footballers.

And the twin seals making history.

Today is International Women's Day.

A global day, celebrating the achievements of women

and girls in lots of different fields, from politics,

to sport,

and everything in between.

It is also a day which aims to promote equality,

which means that women and girls are equal to men and boys.

We've been asking you who inspires you, and lots of you have been

in touch online.

12-year-old Silvia, from Oxford, is inspired by Violet Palmer,

the first woman to be an NBA referee, saying,

"Although sometimes

it was hard, she ignored all the comments that

were made to push her down."

Chris, who's ten, from Manchester, thinks that Nasa astronaut

Sunita Williams is an inspiration because, "she holds the records

for total space walks by a woman, and most space walk

time for a woman."

And Rosie, from Lincoln, is inspired by her mum.

She also said, "The children's writer, Jacqueline Wilson,

has inspired me to write more, because I love her books."

Thank you everyone for your comments.

Next, to a football world first.

Kids from across Europe have come together for a

special training camp, for young amputee footballers.

Leah went to Ireland to check it out.

It's fast, it's fun.

It's football but not as you know it.

Welcome to the world of amputee football.

More than 40 kids from across Europe are here

to Dublin in Ireland for a special football amputee training academy,

the first of its kind.

Amputee football is really fun and you enjoy playing

with your friends.

I'm a goalkeeper and I love to block the balls because because you feel

an experience of power.

I've enjoyed all of it, the training, the playing matches.

Coming in here, seeing other people like you,

you just feel more confident.

It makes me feel like the best player in the world.

Amputee football is a sport

played with seven players on each team.

Outfield players may have two hands but only one leg,

whereas the goalies may have two feet but only one hand.

11-year-old Sean from Ireland was born with a condition that

affected both his arms and his right leg.

He says amputee football has helped him in many ways.

This is a child's life long dream, whether you have something like this

or a leg problem, to become a footballer.

The coaches then say no.

The amputee football says yes.

Most of the stuff I do I'm scared to do,

my operations, or even showing my class this,

I always do it and every time I do it, I feel good afterwards.

Organisers believe that the juniors playing here are the future

of the sport.

Our main goal is to get them to the Paralympics,

and we look around here today and we say, look,

some of those young amputees now playing,

hopefully in eight, 16 years' time, they will be household names

and going to the Paralympics.

With more events like this one being organised in the UK

and Ireland, it looks like amputee football has a bright future.

There are less than six months to go until the Paralympic Games start

in Rio, in Brazil.

Hannah Cockcroft is one of Team GB's medal hopefuls.

So we sent Martin to put her knowledge about the games

to the test.

C, and that's for cycling.

Cycling, OK.

Do you know the name of the cycling venue

at the Rio 2016 games?

No, I've no idea!

You'll have to find out the answer by watching online,

where you can see exactly how Hannah got on.

OK, meet R2-D2 and C-3PO.

Two little seal pups who are the first of their kind

in the world.

They're twins, born from the same mum at the same time,

which is surprising because it was thought

that grey seals couldn't have twin babies.

Now they're being looked after at a sanctuary in Norfolk,

after proving all the scientists wrong.

We contacted various institutions in the country,

and they said absolutely impossible, twin seals could never

be born to a grey seal.

So I sent their details up to Norway, and Norway

have come back with this wonderful news that they are in fact

twin seals and we are absolutely delighted.

That's all from the team today, but Newsround is back

tomorrow morning at 7.40am with Hayley.

Have a brilliant evening.

And don't forget to go online where you can test yourself

with our super tricky quiz of the week.

Bet you can't get ten out of 10!