Esports have become a new frontier for gaming, gradually gaining popularity and recognition similar to traditional sports, and the gap is only going to get smaller as more and more athletes and fans join the party.
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Team Redline Triumphs at Esports World Cup 2025 Rennsport Championship
The Esports World Cup 2025 is in full swing, and the first winners have been crowned following the final round of the Rennsport championship. The finals, hosted on the fourth day of four of competition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, saw the rather clear cut victory of BMW M Team Redline Red Bull Sim Racing. The…
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Professional StarCraft 2 Player “Firefly” Banned After Esports Match-Fixing Investigation
The Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) has issued a lifetime ban for StarCraft 2 player Xue “Firefly” Tao after an investigation into match-fixing allegations. The investigation, which took place from April 2024 to July 2024, found evidence that Firefly was fixing matches by losing consistently and with margins that aligned with bets placed by Jinhui “Jim”…
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Saudi Arabia Wants to Be a World-Class Esports Destination “For Hundreds of Years”
Qiddiya Investment Company released an interview with His Royal Highness Prince Faisal Bin Bandar Al Saud, Chairman of the Saudi Esports Federation, alongside Musaed AlDossary, Chairman of Team Falcons. The interview provides some interesting insight about the Saudi esports scene and the ambitions of the Kingdom in this growing industry. We hear from Prince Faisal…
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Esports World Cup 2025 Crash Course: What It Is and How to Tune In
The Esports World Cup 2025 starts today, kicking off seven weeks of intense international esports competition between various games and esports clubs. If you don’t know much about the event or how to join in on the fun, the Esports World Cup Foundation has revealed a guide for the event. The Opening Ceremony will take…
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Esports World Cup Foundation Partners With Aramco and Lenovo
The Esports World Cup Foundation has revealed two partnerships just over a week before the start of the 2025 Esports World Cup: one with Lenovo and the renewal of a multi-year contract with Aramco. Aramco and the Esports World Cup Foundation have partnered before, though they’ve now renewed the contract and extended it for three…
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Esports World Cup 2025 Song of the Year and Opening Ceremony Artist Line-up Announced
As the countdown until the Esports World Cup 2025 Opening Ceremony gets closer and closer, more news is trickling in about what the massive event will feature. The latest news is the artist line-up and the Song of the Year for the Esports World Cup 2025. The Song of the Year is ‘Til My Fingers…
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Esports World Cup 2025 Debuts Fantasy League With $200k Prize Pool
The Esports World Cup 2025 will have the cup’s first-ever Fantasy league, and it’s featuring a $200,000 prize pool. The Fantasy series will have two parts: the Pick’em Stage and the Full Fantasy Game. The $200,000 prize pool is split evenly between them. Each Esports World Cup title is part of the Fantasy series in…
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Apex Legends Esports Will Return to Japan for ALGS Year 5 and 6 Championships
Apex Legends Esports has announced that the Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) will be returning to Sapporo, Japan, for the Year 5 and Year 6 Championships after a successful ALGS Year 4 Championship. According to an announcement from Apex Legends Esports, the ALGS Year 4 Championship was a resounding success. Over 34,000 fans showed up…
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League of Legends EMEA Reveals Game Changers Rising, an All-Woman Esports Competition
League of Legends Esports has revealed the League of Legends Game Changers (LGC) for the EMEA region, an official league for those who identify as women, and LGC Rising will be the first tournament in the LGC. LGC Rising is the first step in building up the Game Changers Rising community and legacy. It will…
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Esports World Cup 2025 Club Championship Points, Prize Money, and More Detailed
The Esports World Cup 2025 has broken down the Club Championship, including how points accumulate and the prize money distribution. The Club Championship at the Esports World Cup is a competition between the clubs that sponsor esports players — think T1, Fnatic, or G2 Esports. These clubs have players/teams across the various main-stage event tournaments…
