Facebook launches sports platform for chatting about game in real time

Facebook’s Sports Stadium is an effort to tackle Twitter’s real time sports chat (Source: Reuters)
Facebook Inc is tackling the sports arena with a new platform called Facebook Sports Stadium, which the social media site said will provide real-time updates on games, popular posts from fans, statistics and commentary from experts.
“With 650 million sports fans, Facebook is the world’s largest stadium,” it wrote in a post on Wednesday announcing the feature.
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