27/08/2016 Newsround

Hello, everyone.

It's Naz here with your Saturday afternoon's Newsround.

After our Olympic success, thousands of clubs across the UK

have opened their doors today to let people have a go at

new sports for free.

And this morning, ITV even turned off all its channels

for an hour in support!

The events are called "I Am Team GB" and organisers hope to use our

Olympic success to inspire everyone to do more sport.

And if the Olympics has got you in the mood to try something

new, you can head online and let us know what Olympic sport you'd

love to have a go at.

Staying with the Olympics, and here at Newsround we've had

lots of athletes popping in to visit us.

We were very lucky to grab a chat with gold medal winners Maddie,

Kate and Helen from the women's hockey team, and we got some

hockey players of our own to question them.

Turns, scores.

That is the golden goal.

Great Britain have won the Olympic gold medal.

This question is for Maddie.

When you were younger, did you always feel part of the team

because your training was so different?

I think so.

Your team-mates generally make a big effort to keep the goalie involved.

There are days when you spend time by yourself, you end up singing

to yourself or keeping yourself entertained but it is a team

effort and the goalie plays a big role in that.

When you were younger, did you play any other sports,

and if so, how did you choose hockey over them?

When I was really tiny, I did dancing and gymnastics,

both really badly.

Then I started playing netball and I swam a lot.

Me and my sister both went swimming.

When I went to secondary school, hockey was one of the sports

that they did, so I did hockey, athletics, netball, tennis.

But hockey, I loved it.

I love being part of a team and it was fun.

Do you have to prepare differently for GB than with

the England hockey team?

Essentially it is kind of the same thing.

We have a GB programme and it is made up of the English

players, Scottish players, we do not have any Welsh players

at the moment but we have done in the past and hopefully

will in the future.

We have different tournaments that is GB, like the Olympics,

but the World Cup is for England, and so our coach is able

to just select the English players and when it is GB,

he can select the English and Scottish players.

This question is for Maddie.

Why is your hockey stick so different to the others?

I use the same as these guys in normal play, but in

the penalties, I changed it to a super long 41 inches goalie

stick with a big head.

That allows me to get a bigger reach and try and tackle them.

One more question to ask, please will you sign

this shirt for us?

Absolutely.

Special church services are taking place near the towns affected

by the earthquake in Italy.

On Wednesday, a strong quake 65 miles north-east of Rome killed

more than 270 people, and thousands of homes

were destroyed.

Rescue teams are working really hard to help all those affected,

including the children who live there.

These pictures show buildings turned to rubble.

The worst affected places are the towns of Accumoli,

Amatrice and the village of Pescara del Tronto.

Police, firefighters and soldiers have been working

to try to find survivors.

Lots of children have lost their homes and even their schools.

The charity Save The Children has been helping those affected.

TRANSLATION: We have set up a special space for children.

It is a safe space, a protected space where the children can play,

draw, read and write fairytales.

We want to give back to these children some peace, some calm,

a place where they can feel safe again.

Strong aftershocks and tremors have followed the earthquake.

Aftershocks are a smaller earthquake that happen after the main

quake in the same area, causing even more damage

to buildings and roads.

But there are moments of hope, like this 10-year-old girl

being pulled to safety by rescuers.

In the village of Pescara del Tronto, which was built high

on a hillside, it was too difficult to get lifting equipment up here.

So rescuers used their hands and found this pet dog alive

under the rubble.

People in the towns and villages have now been left homeless,

and it is unsafe for people to go inside the buildings

which are still standing.

They have been sleeping in cars or in makeshift camps.

This earthquake is not the first to hit Italy.

The country has experienced quakes over the years.

But this was the most powerful since 1980, with a magnitude of 6.2.

If you're upset by anything you see in the news,

remember there's loads of advice on Newsround online.

On to footy, and Liverpool play Tottenham Hotspur in the lunchtime

match in the Premier League.

The game kicks off in about 15 minutes' time.

Spurs have four points from their opening two matches

after a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace and a 1-1 draw with Everton.

Liverpool have made a more up and down start, beating Arsenal

in a crazy 4-3 match then losing 2-0 against newly- promoted Burnley.

And finally, check this out!

Jetpack pilot Eric Scott shot out of the water and flew above a remote

lake in America while strapped to an 800-horsepower rocket.

Although jetpacks aren't anything new, Scott,

also known as the Rocketman, was performing the stunt

to highlight how the gadget's technology has changed

over the years.

That's all from me.

Newsround's back right here at 1:45.

See you then.