Singapore will add another e-sports feather to its cap in 2023, when it hosts the inaugural Olympic Esports Week, which was announced by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday. The June 22-25 event will feature a variety of virtual sports – both hybrid...
SNOC president Tan Chuan-Jin is looking forward to Singapore staging another Olympic event after it hosted the 117th IOC session in 2005 and the first edition of the Youth Olympic Games in 2010.
SportSG chief executive Lim Teck Yin believes that having the event in Singapore will allow those in the local sports industry to learn from others around the world. “The festival will be a platform for the local sport industry to collaborate with international federations and tech companies, and this will no doubt give a boost to the development of the local and regional virtual sports scene.”
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