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    Esports

    Show Description
    • The game boosting diversity in esports and creating role models for the next generation

    • 'They are like a family': How esports has helped its fans get through lockdown

    • Esports is on the rise in Africa and these two Kenyans are leading the charge

    • A 22-year-old Harvard grad launched his own amateur esports company for adult gamers

    • Gaming's biggest names are ditching Twitch for $10 million contracts

    • 100 Thieves Los Angeles headquarters.

      The biggest esports facility in the US has training rooms, an apparel shop and lavish gaming chairs

    • LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 27: Mesut Ozil of Arsenal celebrates after scoring his team's first goal with Sead Kolasinac of Arsenal during the Premier League match between Arsenal FC and AFC Bournemouth at Emirates Stadium on February 27, 2019 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

      Football stars go head-to-head over video games as coronavirus suspends play

    • Lena Güldenpfennig started to play more of FIFA the game during lockdown, eventually entering a DFB tournament and winning, catching the attention of RBLZ Gaming.

      She's a pro soccer player and a pro esports athlete: Meet RB Leipzig's Lena Güldenpfennig

    • 'I've never been so happy to see a piece of bacon.' Surviving two weeks of isolation to play video games

    • 02 April 2020, Berlin: A young man plays in front of the television with the Playstation game console. To prevent infection with the corona virus, many people spend their free time at home. (Photo by Britta Pedersen/picture alliance via Getty Images)

      Esports are already online (obviously), but the pandemic is still creating huge challenges

    • From Guinness World Records press release: Chinatown, London, 2012: Hart dressed as the Street Fighter character Ryu with "Kayane", aka Marie-Laure Norindr (France), dressed as Chun LI -- the first woman to win a pro-Street Fighter event.

      Video games saved this man from the streets

    • League of Legends is growing. Traditional sports better watch out.

    • How to become one of the world's best professional gamers

    • The Middle East's first female esports team debuts at Girl Gamer 2020

    Video

    How Valorant is putting women at the forefront of esports

    Esports newcomer "Valorant" is leading the charge towards greater diversity in the space. 2021 saw the launch of Game Changers, an exclusively female esports tournament.

    Lena Güldenpfennig: The footballer balancing on pitch duties with esports

    Lena Güldenpfennig is a striker for RB Leipzig's U23's women's team and a pro FIFA esports athlete for RBLZ Gaming. As the first woman to play in the virtual Bundesliga, Güldenpfennig