Singapore has taken a landmark step towards integrating esports into its national sporting framework with the proposal of the Singapore Sports Council (Amendment) Bill 2025.
Read for the first time in Parliament on November 4th, the bill formally updates the Singapore Sports Council Act 1973 to include mind sports and esports within the country’s official definition of ‘sports’.
It is important to note that of this writing, the decision to amend the Singapore Sports Council Act 1973 has yet to be approved. The bill will need to be enacted by Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the country’s President, with the consent of the Parliament of Singapore.