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Saudi Arabia splits with IOC over staging Esports Olympics

The Public Investment Fund signed a blockbuster $55 billion deal to take gaming company Electronic Arts private

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman awarded the Esports World Cup trophy to the Saudi Falcons team in August

Saudi Arabia and the International Olympic Committee have “mutually” ended a deal to jointly hold the Olympic Esports Games.

Instead, the IOC and the kingdom will pursue their own esports ambitions separately, Bloomberg reports.

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