Flip News — e-sports news https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/e-sports/ The latest Flip News stories on e-sports. en-GB Sat, 26 Sep 2026 10:28:36 GMT Yuki Kurihara, 11, becomes youngest Japanese Asian Games athlete in history with e-sports gold https://flipnews.co.uk/sport/yuki-kurihara-asian-games-esports-gold/ https://flipnews.co.uk/sport/yuki-kurihara-asian-games-esports-gold/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Japan's 11-year-old e-sports prodigy Yuki Kurihara won the Puyo Puyo Champions gold at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, thrashing opponents up to three times his age — and admitting he was too embarrassed to smile. Sarah Whitfield Asian Games e-sports Yuki Kurihara Puyo Puyo Japan Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Reuters / Al Jazeera / AFP