The Coronavirus pandemic has forced many sports rightsholders to cancel or postpone their sporting event. Our MCI Director for sporting events, shares with you her views on the challenges encountered by cities in hosting major international sporting events.

If you have switched on your TV or read the news recently, at some point, you will have undoubtedly come across videos or pictures of huge crowds of young people cheering for their favourite club when pulling a last-minute win in a complicated game. But wait, we are not referring to football, basketball, or even curling, we are talking about electronic sports, also known as esports, a form of single or multiplayer competition using video games.