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What’s next for the Global Esports Federation?

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Esports federations are an intriguing breed. Even although there is a definite will need for governing bodies in the planet of esports, the specifics of the marketplace make it incredibly tough to have a one one particular, like FIFA in soccer or FIBA in basketball. Through the many years, a range of initiatives for regulating and popularising esports have surfaced, and a single of the most latest types is the Global Esports Federation (GEF).

(ESI Illustration) Pictured: Paul J. Foster. Impression credit score: Worldwide Esports Federation

Founded in 2019 in Singapore, the GEF has a amount of big-name companions and backers, such as the Olympic Council of Asia, Capcom, Konami, and Sega. The GEF is at the moment a person of the two major esports associations in the entire world, the other getting IeSF from South Korea.

Esports Insider sat down with Paul J. Foster, CEO of the Global Esports Federation to explore foreseeable future plans, challenges that experience the GEF through the pandemic, and the impending very first version of the International Esports Game titles that are to be played in Singapore this December.

Foster explained that the main mission of the GEF is to advertise the trustworthiness, legitimacy, and status of esports, and produce an worldwide system for esports to go on to improve. Like associations in other athletics, the GEF seeks to link gaming and esports corporations with educators and final decision-makers to produce rewards for esports supporters and players. When it arrives to esports, this also means talking to classic athletics makes and organisations to share know-how and teach.

It ought to be mentioned that the GEF is not the only esports federation in the entire world. The IeSF (Intercontinental Esports Federation), for example, has been all over since 2008 and shares comparable objectives of web

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Monaco Esports Federation announces Monaco Gaming Show 2021

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The Monaco Esports Federation (MeSF), Monaco eSports and Nicecactus have announced the next version of its once-a-year esports event, the Monaco Gaming Demonstrate. 

The occasion will attribute tournaments in Fortnite and Rocket League, with a €20,000 (~£17,044) income prize declared for each individual of the titles. 

Graphic credit rating: The Monaco Gaming Present

Related: Esports Insider teams up with SPORTEL Monaco for future convention

The party is established to choose location from December 18th – 20th, with Fortnite qualifiers starting on December 13th. 

Mike M. Hessabi, President of Nicecactus, commented: “Sport is anchored in Monaco’s lifestyle and occupies an important place in the principality’s landscape. By the Monaco Gaming Display, esport and social gaming now have a yearly occasion of their individual. 

“Nicecactus is happy to manage this party for the next consecutive year with our husband or wife, the Monaco Esports Federation and beneath the higher patronage of the Principality.” 

In accordance to the launch, qualifiers for the Rocket League match have previously been held. The competing groups include things like Group Liquid, Natus Vincere, ForFunSmileyFace, Crew Queso, Endpoint, Dignitas, BDS and Team Vitality. 

Companions of the event consist of ice product model Magnum, overall performance technology organization Hyperice, French telecommunications firm Telis and technologies business Intel, as nicely as media entities NRJ and Melty. 

The finals of both equally competitions will be broadcast with French and English commentary by esports casters these as Grégory ‘XEWER’ Boye, Willy ‘Skyyart’ Dias and Pierre ‘Pialni’ Alexandre for Fortnite. Boyan ‘Boyan’ Kaftandjiev and French broadcasting workforce Rocket Baguette with cast the Rocket League match.

Moreover, the Monaco Gaming Display will also function numerous ‘surprise’ situations and other unspecified functions for attendees. 

Related: Psyonix and BMW unveil Rocket League partnership

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Handball federation changes uniform rules after pressure over ‘sexist’ bikini rule | Sport

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The International Handball Federation has responded to widespread accusations of sexism by changing its rules around women’s uniforms to allow bike shorts and tank tops instead of bikini bottoms and crop tops.

The sport’s global governing body has been the subject of international pressure since July, when the European Handball Federation made headlines for imposing a €1,500 fine on the Norwegian women’s beach handball team for wearing shorts like their male counterparts during the Euro 21 tournament in Bulgaria. At the time, the EHF described the shorts as “improper clothing”.

At some point over the past month the IHF has quietly altered its regulations for beach handball, which now stipulate that “female athletes must wear short tight pants with a close fit”. Male athletes can still wear regular shorts as long as 10cm above the knee “if not too baggy”.

It follows a campaign by Norway-based Australian activist Talitha Stone, whose petition – supported by gender equality organisation Collective Shout – attracted 61,000 signatures.

“I hope this is the beginning of the end of sexism and objectification of women and girls in sport,” said Stone, who led Collective Shout’s 2012 campaign against the Lingerie Football League. “And that in future all women and girls will be free to participate in sport without fear of wardrobe malfunctions and sexual harassment.”

Comparison of the former women’s beach handball uniform (left) and the current one. Photograph: International Handball Federation

In July, US pop star Pink threw her support behind the Norwegian team, tweeting her pride in them “protesting the very sexist rules” and offering to pay their fines. The country’s minister for culture and sport, Abid Raja, described the ruling as being “completely ridiculous” and women’s sports associations across Europe also called for the resignation of the presidents of both the IHF

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