Sports | Friday 9 August, 2024 7:15 am

Fortnite, Street Fighter 6, and Teamfight Tactics blast off Week Six action at the Esports World Cup

The Esports World Cup kicked off group stage competition on Thursday in Fortnite, Street Fighter 6, and Teamfight Tactics. There were strong showings as Week Six action got underway in Fortnite from American teams XSET and Exceed, both of whom earned places in the quarter-finals. In...

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Sports | Thursday 8 August, 2024 11:46 am

BMW M Motorsport teams are intensively preparing together for the Esports World Cup taking place from 22nd to 25th August in Riyadh (KSA)

The three BMW M Motorsport teams in Automotive Gaming – BS+COMPETITION, MOUZ, and Redline – are currently undergoing intensive preparation for the 2024 Esports World Cup (EWC) taking place from 22nd to 25th August in Riyadh (KSA). A key part of the programme was a joint training week. It took...

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Sports | Thursday 8 August, 2024 10:29 am

Fortnite, Street Fighter 6, and Teamfight Tactics kick off sixth week of competition at the Esports World Cup

 The Esports World Cup enters its sixth week of elite competition on Thursday, with the hotly anticipated Fortnite, Street Fighter 6, and Teamfight Tactics tournaments entering the fray.  A team prize pool total of $2.5 million is on offer across all three competitions at the SEF...

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Sports | Tuesday 6 August, 2024 10:40 am

REDSTRIKE and NBXL Announce a Strategic Partnership to launch the NBXL Arab Professional Basketball League in Saudi Arabia.

NBXL, the world’s first US-Middle East based independent professional basketball league, proudly announces a strategic partnership with Redstrike Arabia, the newly established GCC and MENA division of Redstrike Global. This partnership, celebrated as a key milestone in NBXL's expansion strategy,...

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Sports | Saturday 3 August, 2024 12:16 pm

Esports World Cup Draws Unprecedented Viewership, Sellout Crowds Through First Half of Inaugural Event

The Esports World Cup (“EWC”), the world's largest esports competition and festival, is off to an unprecedented start as it makes its mark on the global sporting calendar for the first time. The Esports World Cup Foundation (“EWCF”), the non-profit organization dedicated to hosting the ...

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Sports | Tuesday 30 July, 2024 10:29 am

Saudi Arabia officially submits bid to host FIFA World Cup 2034

Saudi Arabia submitted today, July 29, its official bid to FIFA to host the FIFA World Cup 2034 at a ceremony hosted by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) in Paris, France. The bid book was submitted by an official delegation led by Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki bin...

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Sports | Tuesday 16 July, 2024 11:53 am

Team Falcons top Esports World Cup Club Championship standings after two weeks of action

Saudi Arabian side Team Falcons top the Esports World Cup Club Championship standings after the conclusion of the second week of competition. Team Falcons claimed Free Fire gold and 1,000 points on Sunday night to add to the 600 points picked up in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, which also ended...

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Sports | Monday 15 July, 2024 11:03 am

Selangor Red Giants dedicate Mobile Legends: Bang Bang triumph to fans who traveled from across the world to support them in Saudi Arabia

Selangor Red Giants dedicated their Mobile Legends: Bang Bang trophy win at the Esports World Cup on Sunday to all the fans who came to Saudi Arabia from across the globe to cheer them to victory.  The Malaysian side beat Saudi Arabian/Philippines outfit Team Falcons AP Bren 4-3 in an...

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Sports | Sunday 14 July, 2024 10:27 am

Free Fire and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang set for grand finals at the Esports World Cup

 The Esports World Cup concludes its second week of elite competition on Sunday with grand finals in Free Fire and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.  Running until August 25 at Boulevard Riyadh City, the eight-week long Esports World Cup reached the semi-final stage of Mobile Legends: Bang...

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Sports | Saturday 13 July, 2024 2:07 pm

HRH Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan: “The Esports Olympic Games in Saudi Arabia will entirely reimagine the gaming and esports landscape”

HRH Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan, Chairman of the Saudi Esports Federation (SEF), has opened up the ‘truly historic’ news that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the inaugural Esports Olympic Games in 2025 – insisting that the event will ‘entirely reimagine’ the gaming and...

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