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Gamers face off in Fifa showdown

SOUTH African Esports has reached new heights as the country, for the first time, will be represented in one of electronic football’s biggest tournaments with a purse of more than R3 million.

Julio “Beast” Bianchi and Kaylan Moodley are the first two South Africans to compete in the finals of the 2021 Fifa Club World Cup, which will be held from February 24 to 28.

For Bianchi, the chance to compete has been

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