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Olympics: Tokyo 2020 asks public to donate old phones for medals
Tokyo Olympic organisers on Wednesday called on the Japanese public to donate old smartphones and other old electronic devices to help make medals for the 2020 Games.
Sport or sellout? Debate rages over medals for videogames
Forget swimming goggles and running cleats. As athletes gather for Asia’s biggest sporting event in Jakarta this week, much of the attention will be on computer mice and chunky headphones.
What's in a Tokyo 2020 medal? Old phones, discarded cameras
Tokyo Olympic organisers say they expect to collect enough obsolete electronic devices by the end of March to reach the amount that will be required to manufacture all Olympic and Paralympic medals.
eSports levels up with SEA Games debut
eSports took a step into the sporting mainstream as it made its debut at the SEA Games.
Prospective Olympians give postponement plenty of likes
Prospective Olympic competitors were quick out of the blocks on March 24 after the Tokyo Games were postponed until 2021 and most gave the decision the thumbs up on social media.
Chinese dominate eSports at Asian Indoor Games
China proved it had most of the best young eSports players by dominating the four events held at the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.
Joining the world of tanks
World of Tanks is a popular online game, and Chee Yih Yang was more than stoked when it was announced a couple of years ago that it was going to be a card game in the form of a deck-building game (DBG). How does it stack up, given that most DBGs run off the same range of mechanics and ways of playing?
Top 10 fastest rising searches on Google Malaysia
People around the world search for information on Google for both breaking news and obscure information.
Should video gaming be an Olympic event?
Rob Pardo, Blizzard Entertainment's former chief creative officer and the lead designer on the seminal World of Warcraft, believes that video games tick all of the right boxes to qualify as an Olympic sport.
USA go high-tech to tackle Tokyo challenges
US Olympic officials are counting on cutting edge technology to help American athletes prepare for the unique challenges of Tokyo at the 2020 Games.