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☆ Esports joins Pan Am Games, but medals won't count
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

But any medals won will not be added to their country's official total as they were at the recent Asian Games where esports had full medal status and was one of the most popular events drawing huge enthusiastic crowds. Like the Asian Games the Pan Am competition will be closely watched by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as Esports makes a push for a spot on the Olympic programme. While esports is making its Pan Am Games debut, gamers have been part of many other multi-sport competitions, including the Commonwealth and the European Games. One reason esports medals are not being counted at the Pan Am Games is that gamers are not subject to doping controls like every other athlete in Santiago. Authorities in Hangzhou ploughed $627 million into building a new esports venue while the Pan Am Games competition will be staged in a tent in a grassy corner of the Games fan zone.

Persons: SANTIAGO, Esports, esports, Paul Foster, Foster, Steve Keating, Toby Davis Organizations: Pan American, Asian, International Olympic Committee, Pan Am, Commonwealth, European, IOC, Global Esports Federation, Doping Agency, Esports, Ams, Pan Am Games, Thomson Locations: Sunday's, esport, Santiago ., Hangzhou, Santiago

☆ Ferrari names Lorenzo Giorgetti as chief racing revenue officer
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MILAN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Ferrari (RACE.MI) said on Tuesday it had appointed Lorenzo Giorgetti to the newly-created position of chief racing revenue officer, tasked with boosting long-term relations with sponsors across all racing activities. Among his previous posts Giorgetti has been chief commercial officer at Serie A soccer club AC Milan and head of commercial management in the sports division of Italian publisher RCS Mediagroup (RCSM.MI), Ferrari said in a statement. He will directly report to Ferrari's CEO Benedetto Vigna and will also cover the booming Esports field of videogame sport competitions. It comes just after Ferrari appointed Frenchman Frederic Vasseur as its new Formula One team principal in an effort to regain competitiveness in its flagship competition. Ferrari's revenues from 'sponsorship, commercial and brand', which include those earned by its Formula One racing team through sponsorship agreements, rose 11% last year to 479 million euros ($512 million).

☆ Ești pasionat de sporturile electronice? Care sunt condițiile de participare la turneul Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-06 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Care sunt condițiile de participare la turneul Counter-Strike: Global OffensiveFederația de Sporturi Electronice din Moldova (Moldova Esports Federation sau MEF), în calitate de membră a Federației Globale de Sporturi Electronice (Global Esports Federation sau GEF), va organiza pe 19 decembrie un turneu de Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pentru a sărbători aniversarea GEF, cu mottoul #worldconnected. Federația Globală are drept scop instituirea unei credibilități, legitimități și a unui prestigiu față de sporturile electronice. Acest campionat este organizat cu ajutorul GEF și face parte din seria #worldconnected. World Connected Series este un proiect marca GEF și are drept scop promovarea sporturilor electronice la nivel internațional. De aceea, la acest turneu va putea participa toată lumea, oriunde s-ar afla, orice cetățenie ar avea, atât timp cât toate condițiile de mai jos sunt respectate.

Persons: MEF, GEF Organizations: Federația, Federației Locations: Moldova, GEF

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