Some of the UK’s biggest online content creators will line-up in a charity five-a-side football tournament hosted by streaming personality True Geordie tomorrow (December 9th 2021). It is the UK’s first ever IRL in-real-life live sports event hosted by livestreaming tournament series Twitch Rivals and will raise money for the Alan Shearer Foundation. Teams will go head-to-head in the round robin football tournament, with a guaranteed $50,000 going to the Alan Shearer Foundation which supports disabled children and adults. The five-a-side tournament will bring together world-famous Twitch partners and streaming stars – including the likes of True Geordie (253,000 Twitch followers), Behzinga (305,000 Twitch followers) and Calfreezy (3.81m YouTube subscribers). The tournament will be streamed live on Twitch, offering players the opportunity to engage directly with fans as the action happens. While Twitch has a strong heritage in gaming, non-gaming content has also quadrupled on the service in the last three years, with sport one of the strongest new verticals. “I’ve always wanted to create a charity event, so to be able to do it with all my mates and raising money for my hero and the Alan Shearer Foundation is a dream come true.”True Geordie Star streamers will provide punditry on their rivals matches straight…
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