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Plans for football Super League unravel

Chelsea and Manchester City pull out from the European Football League

Plans for a football European Super League appear to be in disarray, after the English football clubs Chelsea and Manchester City said they were planning to withdraw. Reports from Spain suggest Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are also pulling out - forty eight hours after the league's creation was announced. We hear why the League never made business sense.

The International Energy Agency is predicting a major surge in CO2 emissions this year. Laura Cozzi is the IEA's chief energy modeller and lead author of a new report on the subject.

Plus, two trade blocs in sub-Saharan Africa are planning to introduce new currencies, hoping it will boost economic growth by making trade smoother. Edward Kusewa is a financial analyst in Nairobi, and explains the arguments in favour of such a move. Economic commentator Michael Hughes compares the proposals to the European Union's single currency, the Euro. And Ghana-based textile entrepreneur Edwina Assan discusses the disadvantage of using many different currencies for trade.

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Tue 20 Apr 2021 21:32GMT

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