SINGAPORE: Earlier this week, it was confirmed that five sports would be added to the programme for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The sports – cricket, squash, baseball-softball, lacrosse and flag football – were proposed for inclusion by LA Games organisers and received approval at an International Olympic Committee (IOC) meeting in Mumbai. CNA looks at how sports … Read more
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags CNN — Gaming has achieved an unprecedented milestone by being selected as an official medal sport for the Hangzhou Asian Games in the form of esports, but participating in the competition holds significant importance – and possibly life-changing implications – for some players. For South Korean male participants, … Read more
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags SINGAPORE — Anyone who thinks e-sports are passive should watch 14-year-old taekwondo exponent Jadon Yu in action at a first-of-its-type international event underway in Singapore under the banner of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Jadon, a Secondary 2 student at Guangyang Secondary School, is the youngest of the … Read more
Swimming, gymnastics and track & field fans can rejoice. For the first time in a European Olympics, those event finals will be televised live on network television in the United States. NBC will have at least nine hours of weekday daytime coverage, expanding to at least 11 hours on weekends. With Paris six hours ahead … Read more
P icture it: thousands of people clustered inside a vast sports stadium, cheering on their heroes as they race to victory at the Olympics this summer. But instead of real-life sports, the focus for one group is very firmly on the world of virtual entertainment, as the eSports committee gears up to host its second-ever … Read more
