Sports overload. Three cheers
A boy-meets-girl novel about video gaming. Essays on why sport matters
A glut of games. AI-generated image
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The Big Story:
This high summer of global sport has the usual — tennis, cricket, cycling, football — but also the first international edition of the Esports World Cup.
Sports overload? Or a welcome chance to ponder why football and esports co-exist?
Matthew Syed, a former English table tennis number one, writes in his book The Greatest:
“…sport, while superficially frivolous, is underpinned by themes which are basic to the human condition: heroism, drama, competition, hierarchy, psychology, morality and, perhaps most important of all, the quest for greatness. How do we become the best that we can be, as individuals, teams, and organisations?”
This Week’s Books:
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A charming story about two friends in a creative clinch around gaming.
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Why the whole world is mad about all sport.
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