Four-cornered fight for MVP plum


The PBA Season 44 MVP derby is down to a slugfest among the season's Best Player of the Conference winners and the top rookie that wowed the league like a grizzled showman. June Mar Fajardo is on line to stretching his record reign as PBA MVP to a sixth straight year as the San Miguel Beer ace behemoth is in the exciting MVP race versus TNT KaTropa's Jayson Castro, NorthPort's Christian Standardinger and Columbian Dyip's CJ Perez. The season's top performer will be awarded with the coveted ware during the Leo Awards that usher in PBA Season 45 inaugurals on March 1. Fajardo bagged the Philippine Cup BPC award, Castro took the BPC honors in the midseason Commissioner's Cup, Standhardinger...

SumaiL officially joins OG


OG had a massive announcement as the World Premiere of True Sight: The International 2019 Grand Finals came to an end. OG announces and welcomes their new carry player Syed ‘SumaiL’ Hassan. A winner of The International himself with Evil Geniuses back in 2015, SumaiL will now join with Topias ‘Topson’ Taavitsainen and Johan ‘N0tail’ Sundstein as the team will move forward into the next set of Major qualifiers in the coming weeks. https://twitter.com/OGesports/status/1222253470574620673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1222253470574620673&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vpesports.com%2Fdota2%2Fnews%2Fog-sumail-is-here OG still has two spots empty on its roster, as the team needs a replacement support player for Jesse "JerAx" Vainikka and offlaner for Ceb.    

CJ Perez in line to duplicate Abueva’s Rookie of Year-Mythical Team double


CJ PEREZ has a shot at duplicating a feat last pulled off by Calvin Abueva by winning both the Rookie of the Year and a berth in the First Mythical Team in one season. Perez, labelled 'Baby Beast' during his varsity days at San Sebastian, looms as a heavy favorite to win the Rookie of the Year award after finishing second in the statistical race for the MVP awards with a 33.47 statistical points (SPs). Perez is only behind five-time MVP June Mar Fajardo of San Miguel, who topped the SPs with 39.6 SPs. The high-flying guard is a cinch for the Rookie of the Year plum since his closest rival, Robert Bolick of NorthPort, sits 14th in the statistical...

HellRaisers has a new roster


In the post TI9 shuffle, HellRaisers returned to the Dota 2 field after two years of absence. However, a month after they announced their roster, HR started to switch players and kept doing so ever since despite an honorable third place at the first Minor of the season. With a week to go until the regional qualifiers for ESL One Los Angeles Major and the SL-ImbaTV Kyiv Minor, the organization is once again announcing a reformed line-up.  This time around they welcoming three new members to their ranks and a couple of new faces to the competitive scene, including the team coach Aleksandr ”Accell” Litvinenko, who has almost no competitive experience. HR’s new roster is a mix of young blood...

MICHU to join Envy


According to a report by cybersport.pl, Michał "MICHU" Müller is in talks with Envy and is set to join the American team. MICHU discussed his desire to try out an international project in an interview with HLTV.org at the start of the year, revealing that he has been learning English for over a year and feels ready to play in an English-speaking environment. MICHU is looking to move overseas Envy is currently down to just two players, Noah "Nifty" Francis and Ryan "ryann" Welsh, with the report also tieing Buğra "Calyx" Arkın and Nikola "LEGIJA" Ninić to the Texas-based organization. LEGIJA is supposed to take on a coaching role, and has reportedly been key in the selection process of new players. If the moves were to go through, Envy would still be one player short of a complete lineup:  Noah "Nifty" Francis  Ryan "ryann" Welsh  Buğra "Calyx" Arkın  Michał "MICHU" Müller  Nikola "LEGIJA" Ninić (coach) ©Hltv.org

AVANGAR unveil new Kazakhstani squad coached by lmbt


AVANGAR have announced their new Kazakhstani squad branded AVANGAR Q. The AVANGAR Q squad consists of a full-Kazakh line-up featuring young up-and-comers. The five youngsters will be guided by Ukrainian veteran ex-pro and coach Sergey "lmbt" Bezhanov, formerly of HellRaisers and mousesports. The roster is composed of the four-man core of ex-OG GANG SQUAD in Temirlan "TNDKingg" Nurmagamet, Makhambet "howl" Nurlybyekuly, Alan "hidenway" Dyusembayev and Diyar "spellfull" Issakhanov, who performed at a handful of online qualifiers and local events, such as the Burabay Cyber Cup and, most recently, the WESG 2019 Kazakhstan qualifier. Completing the squad is Aydos "kade0" Khayrzhan, formerly of OneWay. lmbt is back to coaching with AVANGAR Q Yongun Kim, CEO of AVANGAR, explained that signing the young roster is a large step for the organisation and players: "This is a big step for the entire club and players, whom we have...

True Sight: The International 2019 Grand Finals World Premiere


Even though OG may be only left with two of it’s two-time winning TI champions on its active roster at this point in time, we still have many memories of them – many of which will be highlighted in True Sight: The International 2019 Grand Finals. In less than five hours, broadcast via both Steam and Twitch, the World Premiere of True Sight: The International 2019 Grand Finals will take place. From posts via Valves TI Twitter account, we’ve already seen short images and videos of the two teams, OG and Team Liquid, as they enjoy the first viewing before it goes live to the public and in Berlin later this evening. https://twitter.com/dota2ti/status/1222143157221175297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1222143157221175297&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vpesports.com%2Fdota2%2Ftrue-sight-2019-how-to-watch%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2mObFfpCELlgLncY4B8VXukhq5_yDc7QawH8NKE5nMW7J6chruX2MiEOA For anyone who does not know, True Sight is a...

CS:GO Major winners Dosia and mou leaves OneThree as CORONAVIRUS concern


In early December 2019 after taking partways in Team Gambit, Rustem "mou" Telepov and Mihail "Dosia" Stolyarov have announced that they have parted ways with OneThree due to China's coronavirus outbreak. In a Twitter post, mou revealed that he and Dosia would not participate in the qualifiers for the Asia Minor "due to the latest news related to the coronavirus in China", with the duo leaving OneThree without even playing an official match for the team. https://twitter.com/moucsgo/status/1222136555294412800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hltv.org%2Fnews%2F28919%2Fmou-dosia-leave-onethree-amid-coronavirus-concern The news come just days after WESG announced the cancellation of the Asia-Pacific Finals after Chinese health officials had urged people to limit travel because of the virus, which has killed over 100 people in mainland China. WESG has not yet announced new dates for the event, which was due to be held in Macau from February 16-18. With the...

Kobe Bryant death: Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says No. 24 will be retired following loss of NBA legend


No player will ever wear the No. 24 for the Dallas Mavericks again. Following the tragic news that Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and several others died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California on Sunday morning, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban announced that the organization would be retiring No. 24 in honor of Bryant. "We are shocked and saddened by the devastating news of the passing of Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna," Cuban said in a statement. "Kobe was an ambassador for our game, a decorated legend and a global icon. Above all, he was a loving and dedicated father. "Kobe's legacy transcends basketball, and our organization has decided that the number 24 will never again be worn by a Dallas Maverick... Our hearts go out...

Koshak leaves Invictus


Anton "Koshak" Platko has left Invictus, the player announced via VK.com. According to the post on the social media website, the 23-year-old has decided to part ways with the Chinese organization in order to return to play in Europe and the CIS region, where he had spent most of his career. Koshak was acquired by Invictus in August alongside the rest of the former 8EASY lineup. His tenure there ends after just five months, during which the Chinese-Russian mixture most notably qualified for and attended StarSeries i-League Season 8 in Turkey, where they lost series to Vitality and mousesports en route to a last-place finish. Koshak is set to return to Europe after departing Invictus The roster had been down to four players since the departure of QingHui "FIOURN" Kong in November, with their coach, MinHui "sPiNacH" Sun, standing in for...

Dendi introduces his new Dota 2 organization, B8


Former Natus Vincere player Danil “Dendi” Ishutin has officially formed his own organization, B8, in what could be the start of a player empowerment era in Dota 2.The reveal came in the form of a short skit filmed and posted to the new team’s YouTube channel, which features Dendi as an old man going fishing with his grandson. But with Dendi being Dendi, there are obviously dozens of Dota references sprinkled in, even during the parts that have nothing to do with the game. The surprisingly well-shot video has the older Dendi reflecting on his time with Na’Vi and talking to his grandson about how things were never the same after The International 2013 before the child asks if that...

Ceb steps down from OG’s Dota 2 roster


In the past few days, the magnificent OG Dota 2 roster has seen a few of its players leaving the ranks, now it seems as though another player is moving on as Sébastien ‘Ceb’ Debs announces his departure. Just two days ago it was confirmed that Anathan ‘Ana’ Pham, one of the amazing, double TI-winning players from OG would not be returning for The International 2020 later this year, moving to inactive on the teams’ roster. Following this, Jesse ‘JerAx’ Vainikka decided to leave the roster, pushing them down to only three. But now, another day later, Sébastien ‘Ceb’ Debs has announced that he will also be moving to inactive on the roster. https://twitter.com/OGesports/status/1221827164355596288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1221827164355596288&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vpesports.com%2Fdota2%2Fnews%2Fog-down-to-two-as-ceb-leaves-the-active-roster In a statement released by the...

TNC lead the DPC rankings after the second Major


The second Major of the 2019-2020 DPC season is already over (season seems to fly, doesn’t it?!) and we are now in the territory of predicting who has sealed their ticket to Sweden for a spot at TI10. TNC Predator, who won the first DPC Major lead the rankings with 5300 points but are closely followed by Vici Gaming and Team Secret. Both, TNC and Vici have played in both Majors of the 2019-2020 season whereas Team Secret have just played in one, but are still up there owing to their first place finish at the DreamLeague Season 13 Leipzig Major. 2019-2020 DPC rankings (source: Liquipedia) The question now looms: Have these teams done enough to secure a spot at...

Due to coronavirus outbreak, the Leipzig Major players can’t join their families


Chinese government extended the weeklong Lunar New Year until the end of next Sunday in order to limit the travel traffic and prevent as much as possible new infections with the coronavirus. However, for the Chinese players that fought for the Leipzig Major trophy last week in Germany, this is not good news. All Chinese teams managed to travel back in China, Aster leaving a few days before the tournament ended, while Invictus and Vici Gaming landed safe today, January 27. DreamLeague Season 13: The Leipzig Major was held during the Chinese new year. VG, for instance, had games to play on New Year’s Eve, January 25 and on the first day of the New Year, January 26. They finished...

Kobe Bryant death: NBA teams honor Lakers legend with 24-second, 8-second violations to start games


Word of Kobe Bryant's death in a helicopter crash on Sunday morning shook the NBA world to its core. As many struggled to process and comprehend the tragedy, the NBA's slate of Sunday games carried on as scheduled Multiple afternoon games tipped off shortly following the news. The Rockets and Nuggets were the first to tip off in Denver, with an extended moment of silence being held in memory of Bryant. Players in that game could be seen grieving with one another before and during the game. The Spurs and Raptors got underway later, and those two teams found a unique way to honor Bryant's memory. As the game started, both squads dribbled out the shot clock and voluntarily took back-to-back 24-second violations as a nod to Kobe's No. 24...

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