England make it to grand final of Esports competition at the Commonwealth Games

England has made it to the Grand Final of the Esports competition at the Commonwealth Games.

Teams from the different Commonwealth regions have been competing for Esports medals.

The different competitions include:

• DOTA 2 - an online battle arena game

• eFootball - where gamers face each other in 11 a side matches on the big screen

• Rocket League - a game mixing football and motorsport

England has secured their spot to compete in the Dota 2 Women's Grand Final after winning 2-0 against Australia.

Karen Liu aka "Karenlyl", a Greatest Hits Radio journalist from Newcastle says: "The games were really intense. We actually lost our best-of-one against Malaysia in the morning. It did make us feel a bit sad but we just had to mentally reset because we knew we had a semi final best-of-three to play"

"We knew that if we won that, then we would have a rematch with Malaysia in the Grand Finals and I think that's what we really wanted. I think we can do it, It will be a best-of-three on Saturday. We will do our absolute best to win gold."

Karen adds: "We knew coming into this competition, that, Malaysia was going to be one of the best teams. we genuinely thought we wouldn't get this far. we knew that we would get a medal, but we thought it would've been a Bronze. But now, with the Grand Finals on Saturday, even if we lose, which we won't, we're guaranteed a silver."

"Its just insane that out of all the nations in the Commonwealth, we're basically top two"

England will be up against Malaysia in Birmingham on Sat 18:00 BST in the Grand Final.

The Esports events are set to take part alongside the Commonwealth games.

29 Commonwealth nations across three categories – eFootball, DOTA 2 and Rocket League, have been competing for medals.

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