Gerard Piqué

Taylor Swift is so popular that seismologists measured recent tour dates in Seattle as a magnitude 2.3 earthquake. You wouldn’t know it from the latest edition of Google’s annual annual “Year In Search” roundup, though. Every December, the company publishes a list of the year’s most popular search terms. But one name is conspicuously absent from the 2023 edition.'Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police' | AI UnlockedThe queen of pop isn’t on any of Google’s 2023 trending search categories, despite the fact that Time…

Leer en español.Followers of Mexican Twitch streamer Samy “Rivers” Rivera are no strangers to the unfortunate events that seem to happen wherever she goes. One of her biggest powers, according to Twitch lore, is the ability to make the soccer team she’s cheering for lose their games. It therefore came as no shock last Sunday when Rivera announced on social media that she had missed her train from Valencia to Barcelona because she went to the wrong station. What was surprising, however, was that hundreds of miles away, I…

This article is part of our new women in gaming series Makers of Now.Come rain or shine, Twitch streamer and gamer Mayichi always welcomes her community with the same message: “Hi beautiful people. The stream is starting.” The message, simple and sweet, largely reflects the philosophy she applies to her channel, where she aims to make people feel like family and have a good time while playing video games, chatting about the day, and joking around.The 29-year-old, whose legal name is Maite Carrillo, is one of the…

You can almost always find Twitch streamer Juan Guarnizo in a crowd by listening for his very loud and unique laugh, beloved by his fans. If you’re at the Cupra Arena stadium in Barcelona, though, you’ll see Guarnizo first. He’ll be the one decked out in red to represent Aniquiladores FC, one of the 12 teams in the Kings League, and probably be wearing a baseball cap and shades. Guarnizo has 10.5 million followers on Twitch and serves as the president of Aniquiladores, which means “Annihilators” in English. He’s the…

The Miami Formula One Grand Prix over the weekend brought together two of Hollywood's biggest stars, Tom Cruise and Shakira. But it's not just their shared love of high-speed racing that has people talking - rumors are swirling that the Mission: Impossible star has his sights set on the "Waka Waka" hitmaker. US actor Tom Cruise (R) and Colombian singer Shakira (L) attend the 2023 Miami Formula One Grand Prix at the Miami International Autodrome in Miami Gardens, Florida, on May 7, 2023.(AFP) According to…

After turning traditional men’s soccer on its head with his Kings League, ex-professional soccer player Gerard Piqué now has his eyes set on transforming women’s soccer using the same formula: streamers, drama, and video game-like rules. Behind the Scenes at Gerard Piqué’s Kings League FinalsPiqué will debut his Queens League for women’s soccer today with six back-to-back games at the league’s Cupra Arena stadium in Barcelona. Like in the Kings League, many of the Queens League teams are led by some of the biggest female…

Spanish Twitch streamer Ibai Llanos started the countdown for La Velada del Año III, his yearly streamer vs. streamer boxing match slash summer concert, on Thursday night—selling out all the tickets for the event just an hour after they went on sale online.How Does Gerard Pique’s New Twitch Indoor Soccer League Work?Llanos revealed the musical lineup for the Velada, which translates to “The Night of the Year III” in English, and opened ticket sales in a livestream on Thursday. Flanked by Kosmos president and ex-soccer…

This past Sunday, former FC Barcelona player Gerard Piqué became known for something other than being the main character in ex-partner Shakira’s diss track. Now, he’s the person who sold out his former club’s famed stadium, Camp Nou, with his Twitch-focused soccer league—and that was before his real stunts began.In true Kings League spirit, the tournament’s Final Four matchup, the biggest in-person event ever held by a Twitch streamer, ended with several bombshells that astounded viewers and encouraged them to keep on…

BARCELONA, Spain — Gerard Piqué’s Kings League, a new soccer league that just three months ago debuted to jokes and scorn, came to a glorious, dramatic finish in FC Barcelona’s famous Camp Nou stadium on Sunday. As Piqué handed the glittering gold trophy to the winner, Adri Contreras’ “El Barrio,” a perpetual underdog whose team was the only one without a sponsor, one thing became clear: The Kings League is here to stay. A total of 92,522 spectators attended the Kings League’s Final Four matchup and managed to sell out…

The days where streaming was synonymous with playing video games in a bedroom are over. In recent years, streamers have been moving their cameras away from their desktops and towards impressive, hilarious, and sometimes downright strange live events. On Sunday March 26, streamer-run live events will reach a new peak with the Kings League Final Four match, the biggest event of its kind in Twitch history.As of Friday, more than 85,000 tickets have been sold for the Kings League finals at FC Barcelona’s Camp Nou stadium.…