The World Excel Championship is being broadcast on ESPN

Sports around the world have the ability to captivate us and have us on the edge of our seats with the excitement and thrills it provides.

Whether it be football, boxing or Formula One, millions globally tune into sports to see their favourite athletes perform to a high standard.

The thrill of any sport is often difficult to match, with the appeal leading to major broadcasters putting the shows on for us, with Sky Sports the big player in the UK and ESPN across the Atlantic.

Speaking of ESPN, with the NFL still not back for Americans, they’ve taken up a new championship to broadcast to all their watchers – Excel Esports.

The World Excel Championships have been broadcast by them in an ‘All-Star Battle’ set up by The Financial Modeling World Cup.

I know what you’re thinking, Excel? Excelling in which sports? No, it’s genuinely Excel, the Microsoft Office application used by businesses globally to keep on top of a range of things from finances to work rotas and so much more.

The World “Excel” championships are on espn2 right now just by the way. pic.twitter.com/QbhsTsZyIU

A rather complex programme with an abundance of features and commands, it can take years to master the art of spreadsheets, so if you’ve managed to conquer the programme, you could use your skills to be a world champion!

It’s a one-of-a-kind tournament which has eight of the best Excel users pitting their wits against each other to see who is the ultimate head honcho of Microsoft’s programme.

The tournaments have been around for a few years, with Joseph Lau and Diarmuid Early previous winners of the prestigious competition.

The announcers are having so much fun LOL pic.twitter.com/0KHNHwyj06

This year though, it’s gone to a whole new level, with major