21/03/2018 Newsround

Morning,

Martin here with your

Wednesday morning Newsround.

First this morning,

the women's football teams

hoping to make history.

Manchester City Women

and Chelsea Ladies take on the first

leg of their quarter-finals

in the Champions League tonight.

Chelsea travel to France

to face Montpellier,

while City host Swedish

league champions Linkopings.

If they can progress,

it would be the first

time a British club gets

through to the semi-finals.

Meanwhile, the England men's

team have their sights

set on the World Cup

in Russia this summer.

But who will be in goal?

Four players are hoping to wear

the number one jersey -

Joe Hart, Jordan Pickford,

Jack Butland and Nick Pope.

The squad is preparing for two

international friendlies

against the Netherlands on Friday,

and Italy next Tuesday.

Joe Hart says he's hungrier

than ever to be the first choice.

It's obviously going to mean

everything but there are so many

people who have got the same feeling

as me and we are all fighting

and pushing in the same direction

to try and be a part of it

and we'll see, but at the moment,

you've just got to live

in the present and Holland

is our most important

game at the moment.

Staying with the beautiful

game - meet Dan?and DJ.

Two?friends who love

playing football.

But that's not all

they have in common.

They?both have Downs Syndrome,

a genetic condition which can

affect their learning

and their physical abilities.

We went along to meet them

at the club Manchester City

runs for them.

Meet Dan and DJ.

My name's Daniel.

My name's DJ.

They both love playing football.

I am a striker.

I'm in goal.

Well, it gives Dan and DJ

an opportunity to play football,

have fun, engage, have

a laugh, meet friends.

Just be happy.

Me.

Me.

Me.

Me!

Head online to the Newsround

website to find out more

about Down's Syndrome.

And while you're there,

there are loads more kids

who want to tell

you about themselves

so check out their

inspiring stories.

Now, if you had to attempt a world

record what would you do?

To be honest, I would try and eat

the most amount of chocolate in one

minute.

Well for one man in Australia,

he just wanted to swim.

But there's something pretty

remarkable about this guy.

Take your mark, get ready, go.

This is George.

He's attempting to set a new world

record at 99 years old.

Whoa!

He's attempting to set

the record for the fastest

50m freestyle swimmer

in the 100-104 age category.

Although he's 99, he's been allowed

to enter because

his 100th birthday is next month.

Come on, Georgie boy.

So he is past the halfway mark.

George used to swim a lot

when he was younger,

but he gave it up and only started

again at age 80.

Go yersel', Georgie boy!

Go, Georgie.

Come on, let's rev him

up, let's go, folks.

He finished the race

and clocked 56.12 seconds -

which is 35 seconds faster

than the previous record

set four years ago.

Officials now need to

verify the record before

it is made official.

So how's he feeling?

Thank you very much.

He's exhausted!

Well done, George,

you absolute legend.

Good job, but the chocolate wouldn't

have been much effort.

Finally, when you opened your

curtains this morning,

did anything look different?

Believe it or not - it's spring.

Yesterday was the first official

day, known as spring equinox.

That's the date when

the amount of daytime we get

is equal to the amount of night

time we get.

Equinox happens twice a year, once

in March and again in September,

which is the autumn equinox.

So hopefully we can look forward

to feeling a wee bit warmer soon.

That's all for now but don't

miss Newsround at 8.20,

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