Plans for revamped European Super League announced
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
A court rules that clubs are allowed to join. An attempt to set up a European Super League collapsed two years ago. Also: Mounting insecurity in Sudan's Gezira state has led two leading aid agencies to halt operations, and the Ukrainian sports star who has moved from the tennis court to the battlefield.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:05.4 | Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. |
| 0:06.5 | This edition is being recorded at 14 hours GMT on Thursday the 21st of December. |
| 0:11.6 | Will the European Football Super League make a comeback after a court rules |
| 0:15.3 | that a ban on clubs joining is unlawful? Conditions in Sudan's Jazeera State are described |
| 0:20.8 | as catastrophic, prompting two aid agencies to halt operations. |
| 0:25.9 | As Israel orders Palestinians to move out of the way of the fighting in southern Gaza, we hear |
| 0:30.5 | about one family's dangerous escape from the north. |
| 0:35.0 | Also in this podcast, protests in Argentina, but the president insists |
| 0:40.0 | tough action is needed to fix the economy and |
| 0:43.6 | you need to be mentally strong you need to take fast decisions you deal with |
| 0:47.8 | high pressure nerves and everything you can transform that to the war |
| 0:52.3 | the Ukrainian sports star has moved from you can transform that to the war. |
| 0:53.0 | The Ukrainian sports star has moved from the tennis court to the battlefield. |
| 0:57.0 | Two years ago, some of the biggest clubs in European football came together to form a new |
| 1:05.8 | super league. The backlash from fans, governing bodies and even world leaders were swift and |
| 1:11.1 | the plan disintegrated. |
| 1:12.8 | Now it could be revived after Europe's top court ruled that UAFA and FIFA |
| 1:17.4 | were wrong to try to block it. |
| 1:19.6 | The firm behind the Super League has already announced plans for new European breakaway tournaments involving |
| 1:24.3 | 64 men's teams and 32 women's teams. |
| 1:28.0 | Its CEO, Burnt Rykart, said the ruling had opened the door to innovation. |
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