KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 (Bernama) — The Malaysian Electronic Sports Federation (MESF) welcomes the recognition of e-sports as one of the core high-performance sports as announced by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, yesterday.
In a statement, MESF said the move is part of the Ministry of Youth and Sports' (KBS) E-sports Development Strategic Plan 2020–2025 and is an important step in strengthening the country's e-sports athlete development ecosystem towards world-class achievements.
MESF also welcomes the emphasis on strengthening the implementation of the One Student, One Sport (1M1S) Policy by the Ministry of Education which will open up wider space for e-sports as a high-impact sports education channel among students.
As a proactive response, MyLeague, a grassroots development initiative by MESF together with Esports Integrated (ESI), has been established as an official platform to unearth local talent across various major gaming titles including MyRL (eRacing), MyEL (eFootball), MyTL (Tekken 8), MyPL (PUBG), MyFL (Free Fire), MyCL (Counter Strike), MyHL (Honor of Kings) and MyML (Mobile Legends).
This platform will play a key role in providing a professional pathway for local e-sports athletes to compete at the national and international levels with the governing body remaining committed to supporting government policies for the development of a progressive, sustainable and inclusive national e-sports industry.
Apart from e-sports, other sports involved are aquatics (swimming and diving), weightlifting, badminton, cycling (track), field bowling, gymnastics (artistic and gymnastics), hockey, karate, archery, shooting, athletics, sailing, ping pong, sepak takraw, silat, squash, taekwondo, tenpin bowling and wushu.
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