E-sports

‘Happiest moment’: China’s Mu Xinyue first woman to win Asian Games e-sports gold

At Asia’s biggest sporting spectacular, there are 534 e-sports competitors. Just 14 of them, or less than 3%, are women.

‘Godlike, invincible’: Japan hails 11-year-old eSports history-maker at Asian Games

Yuki Kurihara is the youngest gold medallist in Asian Games history and Japan’s newest sporting star.

Asian Games: 11-year-old Japanese boy wins e-sports gold

Japan’s Yuki Kurihara thrashed a series of opponents up to three times his age on his way to gold.

Asian Games 2026: Driven by compassion, e-sports player Bryan Khoo gives back through volunteering

Virtual taekwondo takes the contact out of a combat sport

The US team cheering on their teammates during a virtual taekwondo bout at the Chuncheon Korea Open International Taekwondo Championships in South Korea on July 18, 2026. The contactless version of the Korean martial art is making its debut at the Sept 19-Oct 4 Asian Games. Critics say it is a glorified video game.

Park So-yeon first woman to play for e-sports powerhouse South Korea

Park So-yeon has been chosen to compete in survival horror game Identity V at the Asian Games.

Eel-powered Japan whizz-kid, 11, chases Asian Games history

Yuki Kurihara (centre), 11, will compete in e-Sports event Puyo Puyo Champions for the 2026 Asian Games.

E-sports helping disabled people enter Japan’s workforce

Participants have told the company that the experience changed their lives and connected them with companies they would never have come across through public employment services.

They play CS:GO, Street Fighter 6 too: More seniors interested in e-sports

OCBC and Lions Befrienders launched a programme to provide 2,400 e-sports coaching sessions for seniors on June 27.

S’pore pro MMA fighter Tiffany Teo set to make Asian Games debut

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