the IOC launched the Olympic Virtual Series in 2021 as a test project for esports in the Olympic framework. In 2023, they officially announced the first-ever Olympic Esports Games, scheduled to ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The first Olympic Esports Games will be hosted in Riyadh in 2027, two years later than expected when a 12-year deal with Saudi Arabia was signed last year. The ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The first Olympic Esports Games will be hosted in Riyadh in 2027, two years later than expected when a 12-year deal with Saudi Arabia was signed last year.

Details of the inaugural Esports Olympics were confirmed two days after Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman hosted a visiting Olympic delegation in Riyadh, including its president Thomas Bach ...