National Rifle Association of India (NRAI)

With cue from Olympic Virtual Series, NRAI takes shot at esport

SportzPower Team
May 20, 2021 12:05

NEW DELHI: The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), in collaboration with the Mobile Premier League (MPL), has announced it will release a mobile version of a non-violent shooting game, with ISSF style trap and skeet formats, on August 15.

The partnership follows on from the last month's announcement by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that it was partnering with five international sports federations and game publishers to produce the Olympic Virtual Series (OVS), the first-ever, Olympic-licensed event for physical and non-physical virtual sports.

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