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Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will partner with companies in the gaming industry and legal experts, to draw up guidelines to promote esports in the country
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Industry Moves

The Infront agency has appointed Lagardère Sports executive André Fläckel to head up its gaming and esports department as it looks to ramp up its involvement in the sector.
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Industry Moves

Željko Karajica, a leading figure in the German sports media-rights industry, has taken up a position as consultant to #loggedinfestival, the new online esports platform. Karajica recently left ProSiebenSat.
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Football’s Polish Ekstraklasa has launched an esports competition as it looks to engage fans in the absence of live sport during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Events

The World Rallycross Championship (World RX) has become the latest motorsport championship to introduce an esports series to compensate for the lack of events during Covid-19
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Global automotive manufacturer Porsche has added luxury watchmaker Tag Heuer as a sponsor of its virtual racing esports championship
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The Discovery-owned Eurosport Events has reached an agreement with esports promoter RaceRoom to produce a pre-season virtual racing series for its forthcoming Esports WTCR series
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Media

Polsat Games, the esports channel of Polish commercial broadcaster Polsat, has reached an agreement with esports organisations ESL and DreamHack to showcase a range of Counter Strike: Global Offensive…
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Brazilian sports club Flamengo's esports team has been bolstered by the sponsorship of global computer and gaming equipment manufacturer, Redragon
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Events

Motorsport Games, the video game division of digital media group Motorsport Network, has agreed a strategic partnership with Formula E driver Jean-Éric Vergne and esports group Veloce to produce and broadcast …
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Games developer and Barcelona sponsor Konami has blocked the club's Sergi Roberto from participating in an e-sports football tournament, it is claimed
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Global esports company Misfits Gaming Group (MGG) has signed a sponsorship contract with digital personal finance brand SoFi
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Football’s Spanish LaLiga and the Formula 1 motor-racing series have today (Friday) announced plans to fill the gaps left by their respective postponements by launching virtual competitions for fans t…
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Media

Monumental Sports and Entertainment has partnered with regional sports network NBC Sports Washington to broadcast esports simulations of previously-scheduled Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards …
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US stock car racing series Nascar has reached an agreement with domestic broadcast partner Fox Sports to air its new esports competition, the eNascar iRacing Pro Invitational Series
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Industry Moves

London-based esports company Gfinity has announced the departure of its chief executive, Graham Wallace, and executive chairman, Garry Cook, with immediate effect
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Events

English League Two football side Leyton Orient has announced that it will host an impromptu mass Fifa 20 tournament for professional football clubs, as teams continue to seek ways to deal with the lack…
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Media

Esports organisations DreamHack and ESL have agreed a media-rights deal for the ESL Pro Tour with Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2