Esports

The Korean KBO basketball league yesterday increased the number of fans allowed into games from 10 per cent of stadium capacity to 25 per cent - Naver

Riot Games’ League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) has struck a multi-year partnership with restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings, which has been designated the esports competition's official sports b…

Esports organization Activision Blizzard has appointed senior Major League Baseball executive Tony Petitti as its new president of sports and entertainment.

The mass participation element of the London Marathon has been cancelled due to Covid-19, but the elite race will take place - BBC

Next year's Tokyo Olympics will take place even if the Covid-19 pandemic is still underway, said Toshiro Muto, chief executive of the Games' organising committee

Esports organisations DreamHack and ESL have agreed a new three-year broadcast deal in Brazil, awarding rights to commercial broadcaster Globo and entertainment streaming platform Omelete

Nike is to lay off at least 500 staff at its headquarters in Oregon, US, after a loss-making second quarter - Fox Business

Esports organisations ESL and DreamHack have agreed a rights deal with Chinese streaming platform DouYu

Chinese video sharing and online-gaming platform Bilibili has agreed a wide-ranging three-year contract with US video games developer and esports event organiser Riot Games

Fifa said there is "no reason" for the Swiss criminal investigation into president Gianni Infantino, and he will continue in his role as normal

Video game developer Riot Games has ended its sponsorship contract with Saudi Arabian city development project NEOM just one day after its announcement following a backlash against the deal from fans

Dallas, Texas-based esports organization Envy Gaming has announced a partnership with Belong Gaming Arenas to design, build, and operate at least one co-branded flagship gaming center as well as multiple…

A new esports High Performance Centre at New Zealand's Eden Park stadium will aim to provide a base for the country's entire esports industry, not just top-tier teams. Callum McCarthy reports.

Jørgen Madsen Lindemann is to leave his position as chief executive and president of esports entertainment company Modern Times Group (MTG) to pursue other challenges.

Germany-based esports tournament organiser ESL has named Craig Levine as its new co-chief executive and agreed a new partnership with electrical goods and home appliances retailer Euronics

Football's Ballon d'Or award for the world's best player, run by French magazine France Football, will not take place this year due to Covid-19

The International Olympic Committee will meet today to discuss ways of pushing ahead with plans for a "frugal" Tokyo Games next year