South Korea breezes through first day of League of Legends competition in Asian Games esports


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HANGZHOU, China (AP) — South Korea's League of Legends team breezed through its first day of esports competition Monday at the Asian Games, bolstered by a strong performance by top player Lee Sang-hyeok. Lee, better known in the online gaming world as “Faker,” and his four teammates beat Hong Kong to open the day and then dispatched Kazakhstan in a one-sided match that lasted only about 17 minutes in an esport where tournament games are often double that. “Today's games went really well, just as we had anticipated,” the 27-year-old Lee said. As the global games market continues to boom...