Esports
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia to host inaugural Olympic Esports Games in 2027
Lausanne: The inaugural Olympic Esports Games will take place in Riyadh in 2027, two years later than originally planned, following a 12-year agreement with Saudi Arabia signed last year. The qualifying period,…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia: Crown prince MBS awards the esports world cup champions
In a historic move, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) awarded the champions of the first-ever esports world cup in Riyadh. Over the past 8 weeks, clubs…
- Middle East
Abu Dhabi set to build World’s first eSports island
True Gamers, a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based eSports network, has unveiled plans to build the world’s first eSports island in Abu Dhabi. The project’s initial investment cost is estimated to be 280 million…
- Sports
Khelo India Para Games: Bhavina, Parul Parmar and Sonal Patel to lead Gujarat’s challenge
New Delhi: With Paralympic Games stars Bhavina Patel, Parul Parmar and Sonal Patel leading the charge, Gujarat go into the 1st Khelo India Para Games in a bullish mood, hoping to do…
- Sports
Indian gamers to compete in franchise-based E-Gaming League on global stage
New Delhi: Indian gamers will now compete in the franchise-based EGL (E-Gaming League), a global Esports League, which is scheduled to take place in UAE in April 2024. The first-of-its-kind league, introduced…
- Sports
Sports Illustrated published articles by fake writers with AI-generated photos: Report
San Francisco: Sports Illustrated (SI), an American sports magazine, has published articles on its website under fake author names with AI-generated headshots, media report said. The report published by Futurism on Monday…
- Sports
IPL: Avesh Khan traded to Rajasthan Royals, Devdutt Padikkal traded to Lucknow Super Giants
Mumbai: Avesh Khan has been traded to Rajasthan Royals (RR) from Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) while Devdutt Padikkal is traded to LSG from RR during the Indian Premier League (IPL) trading window…
- Sports
37th National Games: Karnataka boys stun UP, march into tennis final
Fatorda: The Karnataka boys team stunned second seeds Uttar Pradesh to march into the final of the tennis event of the 37th National Games being played at the Multi-purpose Ground here on…
- Technology
Samsung becomes presenting partner of Qualcomm’s esports league
San Francisco: Qualcomm has announced that Samsung Electronics will be the official smartphone partner of its Snapdragon Pro Series in 2023, one of the largest multi-title mobile esports leagues. Snapdragon Pro Series’…
- Technology
Esports Premier League Season 2 postponed amid BGMI’s ‘China connection’
New Delhi: The ban on popular battle royale game Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), which is the Indian version of PUBG, has resulted in a top e-sports event being postponed amid reports claiming…
