Shanghai shows it's the host with the most

Top tourney's Asian debut underlines city's global stature

Shanghai more than lived up to its reputation as a global center for e-sports as the annual International Dota 2 Championships arrived in Asia for the first time with a bang.

Officially known as The International 2019 (TI9), the six-day event concluded in a frenzy of absorbing action at a sold-out Mercedes-Benz Arena on Sunday.