In a conference held yesterday sports betting operator SportPesa was announced as the official shirt sponsor of Kenyan club AFC Leopards in a five year deal.  The ceremony was attended by SportPesa CEO Ronald Karauri, Football Kenya Federation President Nick Mwendwa, Leopards Co-Chairman Dan Mule and a host of former players amongst others including Kenyan footballing legend Joe Kadenge. The Nairobi side …

After much anticipation Yahoo has today announced the launch of Yahoo Esports. The company is looking for it to follow the lead of its successful Yahoo Sports product, and the esports section will look to provide the best experience by providing news and video content. It will initially focus on five titles; League of Legends, CS:GO, Heroes of the Storm, Streetfighter …

A bill was recently submitted to the federal government with the aim of amending the current law so that it penalises match-fixing more adequately. The German Sports Betting Association (DSWV) has welcomed this move. DSWV President Mathias Dahms said: “Match-fixing is a crime. If criminal groups affect games, then it’s economically damaging as well as from an integrity point of view. This is …

RankR is aiming to become the home of esports, where the community can meet to find an opponent for any game, join a team (or build and manage one) or find upcoming events and read news from the industry as a whole.  Whilst the past year has seen an increasing number of esports suppliers and operators, in varying capacities, the …

Louis van Gaal could live to regret calling SunSport Reporter Neil Custis ‘fat man’ come May.  The jibe was dished out following United’s 3-3 draw with Newcastle in mid January. Custis has now issued the Man Utd boss a challenge of pounds vs points. The Sun’s Man Utd Correspondent has vowed to lose 28lb by the end of May, and believes he …

Gaming and IT specialised testing laboratory NMi has today announced that a partnership has been agreed with DFS operator DraftKings. The agreement will see NMi carry out the operator’s compliance testing in the UK. NMi, which has over 40 years experience in testing and auditing, will be testing and certifying the full range of DraftKings fantasy sports contests on desktop and mobile platforms …

An organisation named AnyKey has been created by Intel and ESL with the aim of pushing for more diversity in esports. The collaborative effort has the tagline ‘For the fair and inclusive future of gaming’, and a statement on the site reads as follows: “Our Mission is to help create fair and inclusive spaces in esports for women and other underrepresented …

Super Tuesday is here. This is a hugely important day in the US Primaries during which 12 states cast their votes, and there are more delegates inplay than at any other point in the race.   The Republican candidates will be competing for 595 delegates, and the Democratic candidates for 1004 with the amount of delegates received based on the …

It has been announced that a partnership has been agreed between Sevilla, who currently sit sixth in La Liga,and Titanbet.es. The operator will become the club’s new official betting partner.   This deal between the bookmaker and Sevilla, who narrowly lost to Barcelona at the weekend, is for the remainder of this season, and the entirety of the 2016/17 campaign. The terms of agreement will …

SafeCharge has today announced that SuperBet, one of the largest sports betting companies in Romania, has selected SafeCharge as its preferred payments partner for online deposits and withdrawals. Thanks to this agreement SafeCharge’s Personalised Cashier is to be integrated into SuperBet’s gaming platform. This will allow SuperBet users to initiate deposit and withdrawal requests and to select payment methods of choice for …