:00:00. > :00:00.I'm Hayley and here's what's going on in the world today.
:00:00. > :00:08.It's 100 years since a team of football players went to fight
:00:09. > :00:25.And the coolest things you footy fans should know about Iceland.
:00:26. > :00:32.Marcus Willis, who is ranked 772 in the world, will face world number
:00:33. > :00:38.Johanna Konta will also be hoping to finish her match which started
:00:39. > :00:46.Next, this Friday marks 100 years since the battle of the Somme,
:00:47. > :00:50.one of the biggest battles of the First World War.
:00:51. > :00:54.Martin is in France where it all happened.
:00:55. > :01:11.Understood at a memorial which commemorates dead British soldiers.
:01:12. > :01:15.It's quiet right now but in World War I some of the fiercest battles
:01:16. > :01:20.took place right here. With a war of this side everyone was expected to
:01:21. > :01:24.their bit. Imagine your favourite footy players and football teams
:01:25. > :01:28.like Celtic or Leicester leaving the football pitch and going to fight
:01:29. > :01:31.for Britain. That's what happened 100 years ago. Check it out.
:01:32. > :01:34.Hearts of Midlothian, or Hearts, were at the top
:01:35. > :01:36.of the Scottish league having started the season with eight
:01:37. > :01:40.But across Europe the war is breaking out.
:01:41. > :01:46.Britain desperately needed volunteers to fight.
:01:47. > :01:53.Everyone was called upon to do their bit, even
:01:54. > :01:59.In November 1914, just months after the war had started, 16
:02:00. > :02:01.of the first-team squad signed up to go and fight.
:02:02. > :02:02.They became known as
:02:03. > :02:07.Having such sporting celebs sign up was a
:02:08. > :02:12.clever tactic by the army, a great advert for becoming a soldier.
:02:13. > :02:19.Within days, hundreds of men who were inspired by the heroes
:02:20. > :02:22.I think the players back then were braver than
:02:23. > :02:26.I don't think you'd see Ronaldo or Messi or anyone like that
:02:27. > :02:30.Men didn't come back and they left to fight for us.
:02:31. > :02:32.The battalion inspired my grandfather to
:02:33. > :02:36.He went every Saturday and watched the football
:02:37. > :02:39.and for them to throw away
:02:40. > :02:41.the title for a war, for the country,
:02:42. > :02:47.The team came here to fight the Germans
:02:48. > :02:50.in one of the bloodiest and biggest battles of the war
:02:51. > :02:54.Though they managed to free this village
:02:55. > :02:59.from German control, the victory came at a cost.
:03:00. > :03:02.Seven of the team died in battle and another three
:03:03. > :03:06.suffered such injuries that their lives would never be the same.
:03:07. > :03:12.Being a Hearts fan, nobody will forget what
:03:13. > :03:15.they did for the club and for the country.
:03:16. > :03:19.Giving away the title, which is unbelievable, to go and
:03:20. > :03:21.defend your country is just phenomenal.
:03:22. > :03:23.If I was asked to describe the
:03:24. > :03:27.The sacrifice they made was unbelievable
:03:28. > :03:40.and it's more than what anyone could have asked of them.
:03:41. > :03:46.On Friday despite be busy because there is an anniversary to mark 100
:03:47. > :03:51.years since this massive battle took place but I will speak giving you
:03:52. > :03:54.special reports before that. In the meantime, head to the website
:03:55. > :03:56.because we have everything you need to know about World War I and the
:03:57. > :03:57.Battle of this song. Finally, how much do
:03:58. > :04:00.you know about Iceland? Yep, we know they knocked England
:04:01. > :04:03.out of the Euros but there's a lot more to the country
:04:04. > :04:06.than you might think. Home to some of the largest glaziers
:04:07. > :04:15.in Europe and some of the world's Just 320,000 people
:04:16. > :04:20.live on the island. More people live in Leicester
:04:21. > :04:23.here in England. This is Bjork, one of the most
:04:24. > :04:30.famous singers from Iceland. She had a couple of hits
:04:31. > :04:33.the way back in the '90s. These days, the kids are talking
:04:34. > :04:38.about Fridrik Dor and Retro Stefson. The country has only a handful
:04:39. > :04:42.of TV channels. In fact, 99.8% of the viewing
:04:43. > :04:51.population watched Iceland beat Newsround's back tomorrow
:04:52. > :04:55.morning with Ayshah.