Saudi Arabia is hosting the inaugural Esports Olympic Games next year

Following its half-hearted, widely derided stab at an esports event in 2023, the International Olympic Committee has announced the inaugural Olympic Esports Games in partnership with the Saudi Arabian Olympic & Paralympic Committee, to be held in Saudi Arabia next year.

Tethering its future esports success to a regime that’s been widely criticised for its poor human rights record – which includes the criminalisation of homosexuality…
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