Hong Kong has withdrawn from an esports tournament at the AFC Asian Cup after a computer programme for the event failed to include “China” as part of the city’s name, the Football Association of Hong Kong, China has announced. The city pulled out of the AFC eAsian Cup in the Qatari capital of Doha after the organiser failed to fix the name display in Konami’s eFootball™ 2024 gaming programme, the association said in a statement on Thursday. The local governing body of football said on Thursday it noticed on Monday that the game was not showing “Hong Kong, China” as the city’s name. The withdra…
