NEW DELHI: Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Narinder Batra called upon and met the officials of 9 sports federations, including Esports Federation of India (ESFI) at the Olympic Bhawan, here on Monday.
Esports is set to make its debut as a medal event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China to be held from September 10 to 25.
During the meeting, IOA stressed on the need for a fair and transparent selection process of players and athletes. The last date for the submission of the Indian team entries by name is April 15.
The 2022 edition of the Asian Games will see medals being awarded in eight categories of esports, which are EA SPORTS FIFA branded soccer games, an Asian Games version of PUBG Mobile and Arena of Valor, Dota 2, League of Legends, Dream Three Kingdoms 2, Hearthstone and Street Fighter V.
Besides ESFI, other eight non-Olympic sports federations which were present at the meeting were Bridge, Chess, Ju-Jitshu, Kurash, Sepaktakraw, Sports Climbing, Soft Tennis and Softball.
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