Alisports and Olympic Council of Asia partner to bring eSports to Asian Games
Alisports, the sports arm of Alibaba Group, and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has announced a partnership to bring eSports to the 2022 Hangzhou Asian games, according to a report by China Daily.
Besides the 2022 games, eSports will also be added to the 2017 Ashgabat Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games. Alisports will work with the OCA to develop the market for the events at the games.
This move follows Alibaba’s investment of $14.5m to launch the World Electronic Sports Games, one of the highest paying eSports tournaments with a prize pool of Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
