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Wuhan Mayor Says City Will Be One of the Hosts for 2021 LOL World Championships 

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Wuhan will become one of the Chinese cities in the “City Tour” to host the 2021 League of Legends World Championships (Worlds 2021), the city’s mayor unveiled on Wednesday at a ceremony co-hosted by esports media company People Esports and the Wuhan government .  More than a hundred Chinese esports executives, experts, and governmental officers attended the event, including Wuhan Mayor Yongwen Chen, and Jizhong Wei, vice president of Global Esports Federation (GEF) and honorary life vice president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).  During the “China Esports Annual

The Razer Invitational – North America Tournament Series Set to Start in May

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Razer announced Tuesday that it will host the Razer Invitational – North America tournament series. The tournament series is open to all players in North America and will start with qualifiers beginning on May 8 which will ultimately lead to three separate weeklong tournaments. Each week, gamers will have an opportunity to compete in a different title. The titles for this iteration of the series are Fortnite (PC, console, mobile), Rainbow 6 Siege (PC), and Brawl Stars (mobile). Prizes include gaming hardware and a chance to earn a share of

Was Jake Paul’s first-round knockout of Ben Askren rigged?

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Steven Rondina • Apr 18, 08:16Is Jake Paul a serious boxer? The results of his latest fight may have shown that he's good enough to beat an aged mixed martial arts champion. What was viewed as an exhibition by most fans came to a very real conclusion as Paul took a first-round knockout victory over former Bellator MMA and ONE FC champion Ben Askren. The result capped a weird night of combat sports and music with a memorable highlight and a touch of controversy.  The bout between Paul and Askren

India’s next Olympian from esports

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India has taken a shine to esports – this was particularly true in the lockdown necessitated by the pandemic. The country’s gaming industry has climbed the number one spot in the world with mobile users being the largest followed by PC users and tablet users. The low data tariffs, high-speed 4G internet and access to affordable smartphones have helped accelerate the number of mobile users. Industry experts are of the opinion that esports will dominate the Indian gaming scenario in 2021. India’s online gaming space currently stands at $290 million, however,

Alejandro Bedoya to Co-Chair SeventySix Capital Athlete Venture Group

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Time Stamp: April 14, 2021 8:00 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Business and investing have been a passion of mine since college. Soccer has allowed me to travel the world and enabled me to develop relationships with top business leaders and given me a plethora of business opportunities. - Alejandro Bedoya CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. (PRWEB) April 15, 2021 SeventySix Capital, the sports tech venture capital company that recently sold two of its sports betting portfolio companies, Vigtory to fuboTV and VSiN to DraftKings, names Alejandro Bedoya, the Captain of Philadelphia Union (MLS), former US Men’s National Soccer Team player, and activist, as

WePlay Ultimate Fighting League strengthens business operations with new agreement

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Representatives from esports media holding company WePlay Esports, alongside professional boxers Oleksandr Usyk and Vasyl Lomechenko, have signed an agreement to create a company that will hold WePlay Ultimate Fighting League (WUFL) tournaments.  According to the release, the new company will also develop products and operate worldwide, with some projects expected to go ‘beyond esports’. WUFL will use resources from WePlay Esports and the assets of its partners to fulfil these goals.  Image credit: WePlay RELATED: WePlay Esports launches WUFL with boxing champ Oleksandr Usyk The WePlay Ultimate Fighting League was officially

Overholt Says Vision for OverActive Media Group is Becoming Reality

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Time Stamp: April 7, 2021 3:08 PM - Modified On: April 7, 2021 - Published By:
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After two major announcements in recent months, OverActive Media CEO Chris Overholt says the vision to turn the company into the next Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment or Madison Square Garden Co. is turning to reality, SBJ’s Adam Stern reports.  OAM owns several teams in esports including the two Toronto teams in Activision Blizzard’s franchised leagues as well as the popular Mad Lions organization that is based in Spain and competes in the League of Legends European series, the LEC.   First, in late February, OAM unveiled plans for a $500M,

Esports Have Started To Break Boundaries In Indian Arena

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Photo: ESL India Stimulated by the pace of growth the esports sector is observing in India, Animesh Agrawal, a professional esports player, decided to take his venture a bit further, becoming an entrepreneur instead of limiting himself to only conventional playing. The 25 years of old player have recently launched a gaming talent agency. Hence, he now has to divide the time he spends on esports on global invitation-only tournaments and his gaming talent organization. Esports tournaments are multiplayer video game competitions conducted in an organized way and are played

Opinion: Rocket League Will Never Be a Tier One Esport, but it Can Dominate High School

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In the esports industry, there is no esport with greater potential to penetrate popular culture than Rocket League. The game’s structure most closely mirrors a traditional sport without being a pure sports sim, it requires the least mechanical knowledge to follow mid-match, and creates some of the most stunning, skill-expressive highlights of any esport. So why isn’t it the biggest esport? Why has it never made Tier One on The Esports Observer’s quarterly PC Games Impact Index? Why is it outside of the Top 10 every year in prize money

Yekaterina Lisina’s Perfect Resident Evil Lady Dimitrescu Cosplay

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Yekaterina Lisina has been blowing up in pop culture recently, as the former Olympic basketball player and Guinness record holder has gone viral all over social media due to her height, standing at 6’9”’ inches tall. It seems taking over Tiktok and Instagram wasn’t enough, though, as the influencer has now thrown her hat into the gaming ring with her Lady Dimitrescu cosplay. As you can see in the pictures and video above, Lisina is a dead ringer for the upcoming antagonist of Resident Evil Village, pulling off her glorious