25/04/2014 Newsround

things footy. Hello, Leah here this morning with Newsround. Friday's top

stories are on the way plus some of this. We've got the base jump from

the world's tallest building. And what do you get when you cross a

donkey with a zebra? Find out on Newsround.

First up, could matches in a major football championships be played in

a city near you? It might seem a long way off but the bidding process

to host matches for the 2020 European footy Championships kicks

off today. England, Wales, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland are all

putting their top stadiums forward as venues. Ricky has more. The

chance to be part of the largest footy competition after the World

Cup. That's what's at stake today as countries put themselves forward for

the Euros in 2020. The tournament will be held all around Europe

rather than in one or two countries. England, Scotland, the Republic of

Ireland and Wales have all placed bids to host matches. Wembley

Stadium in London is used to hosting big football games including the FA

Cup finals. It's one of the larger stadiums in the running with space

for 90,000 fans. The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff has just under

75,000 seats. Built to host the 1999 Rugby World Cup, it's hosted many

big games and concerts since. Scotland is putting Glasgow's

Hampden Park forward. It has room for 52,000 fans and is hosting

events at this summer's Commonwealth Games. And the Republic of Ireland

is hoping the Aviva Stadium in Dublin will be selected for what

could be its first major championships. But is it likely that

any will be chosen? In Wales's favour they are actually hosting the

UEFA Super Cup Final in the summer so that's a good dress rehearsal for

them so they can show to UEFA, if they can do a good job hosting that

match in the summer then perhaps they stand an even better chance of

hosting some of those matches at Euro 2020. UEFA, the organisation

behind European football, will tell us in September who has been chosen.

Next to an It's a busy few months coming up for

the One Direction boys, as later today they kick off the first leg of

their massive world tour. The lucky people of Colombia in South America

will be the first to see the show and it reaches the UK in about a

month's time. We've been talking to Chi Chi Izundu from Radio One

Newsbeat about why it's such a big deal. Groups like One Direction go

one tour because it really is about the only way you can make money

these days in the music industry. Whilst they're on tour they get to

do things like sell merchandise, like T-shirts, cups were their name,

books, stickers, you name it. They can add that to the end of how much

they're going to make at the end of the tour. We don't exactly know why

One Direction are starting their tour in Colombia. We do know that

this is their biggest tour to date. They have managed to get millions of

fans across the world and it's thanks to how much they Tweet.

They're always on Twitter. Always updating fans about what they're

doing, what they're up to, and they are one of the few bands who don't

mind if you stop them and ask them for a picture. So obviously, they

are trying to give all their fans as much time with One Direction as

possible. Next to an incredible story about a rescue from a desert

island. Five people were rescued off the east coast of Australia this

week after they wrote a giant distress signal in the sand. Their

boat drifted away, with all their belongings on board, as they swam

off the coast of Queensland. So to attract rescue workers, they managed

to write SOS in large letters in a small sand bar. We were tasked to go

out to these islands. We started our normal search routine and eventually

I thought I saw some movement on this little bunch of rocks and as we

got a little bit closer, sure enough there were some people there. And

very soon we saw the SOS in the sand bank which sort of confirmed to me,

yes, these people are in trouble, but we weren't originally looking

for five people. We were only looking for one, so it was a bit of

a surprise. They had been there for a long time. They were pretty

sunburnt and cooked out and very thirsty and they were pretty happy

that somebody came along to pick them up. They would have been pretty

cold and pretty uncomfortable had we missed them by nightfall. All they

didn't do was secure their boat very well. Now if you're still half

asleep, then this should wake you up! Two sky divers have set a new

world record by jumping from the world's tallest building, the Burj

Khalifa in Dubai, over 800 metres up. They loved doing it so much they

went back and did it all over again and afterwards they were just as

happy with their certificate. Have you ever imagined what a cross

between a zebra and a donkey would look like? Well imagine no more one

has been born at a Zoo in Mexico. They are incredibly rare and this

little one has benn taking some time out with her mum whose a zebra. Her

dad, a blue-eyed albino donkey, lives on a nearby farm. Some people

call them a zee-donk or a Zon-key. That's all from me. Newsround's back

right here in about half an hour.