ESL apparently working on a women's eSports league, according to BBC

Dom Sacco, Senior Editor

Last Updated: 12/11/2016

In a recent Radio 4 programme on eSports, BBC says that ESL is working on a women’s-only eSports league.
The programme focused on the recent ESL UK League of Legends Premiership finals at MCM London Comic Con, and it’s not clear in the report whether ESL will be launching the women’s league, or if it will be an ESL UK one.
A BBC reporter confirmed to eSports News UK that ESL told BBC it is working on a new women’s league.
eSports News UK has reached out to ESL UK for clarification.
You can listen to Radio 4’s feature on eSports here – the part about the women’s league is right at the end:

Dom Sacco, Senior Editor

Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He has almost two decades of experience in journalism, and left Esports News UK in June 2025. As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late '80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He also previously worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation.

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