IEM MELBOURNE WITH $250,000 IN AUGUST ANNOUNCED


ESL has announced its return to Australia with a $250,000 Intel Extreme Masters stop in Melbourne, which will culminate on August 22-23. The final stages of the event will headline the 2020 edition of the Melbourne Esports Open, held at the Melbourne & Olympic Parks and its 15,000-seater Rod Laver Arena, home to the Australian Open. IEM Melbourne will mark ESL's first venture into the Victorian capital and its fourth venture into Australia as a whole, where the tournament organizer has previously hosted three Intel Extreme Masters stops in Sydney from 2017-2019. Details about the CS:GO tournament are scarce at the moment, but so far it's clear it will match the size of the previous two Sydney editions with $250,000 in...

North coach MITHR bids farewell


North have parted company with coach Torbjørn "mithR" Nyborg, the Danish organisation announced on Tuesday. In a Twitter post, North thanked the 30-year-old for his service but did not give more details about the reason behind his dismissal. mithR leaves North almost a year after being named as Alexander "ave" Holdt's replacement. During his time at the helm, he guided the team to victories at GG.BET Ice Challenge 2019 and DreamHack Open Sevilla. The announcement comes just weeks after North crashed out of DreamHack Open Leipzig in the group stage following defeats to Danish rivals MAD Lions and Heroic. This was the team's first tournament after the recent roster changes, which saw Mathias "MSL" Lauridsen return to the squad, replacing Jakob "JUGi" Hansen. North are slated to play at the upcoming DreamHack Open event in Anaheim, where they have been paired with forZe, FURIA and Endpoint in Group A. The...

ESL Katowice match-ups revealed


ESL have revealed the first match-ups that will be played at this year's IEM Katowice. IEM Katowice is slated to get underway in two weeks, running from February 24 to March 1, when 16 teams will descend upon the eponymous Polish city to fight for the lion's share of a $500,000 prize pool and to earn the title of first-ever ESL Pro Tour Masters Championship winners. The 16 teams have been divided into two eight-team groups that will play a best-of-three double-elimination bracket that will see the winners go to the semi-finals and the second and third-placed teams from each group go to the quarter-finals as the high and low seeds, respectively. Group A  Astralis  FaZe  Natus Vincere  fnatic  Vitality...

Kevin Durant decided to leave Warriors halfway through the 2018-2019 NBA season


There were lots of rumors regarding what Kevin Durant would do in last season leading all the way up to the start of free agency, Durant already decided that he would not stay in Golden state warriors. On a recent episode of Showtimes basketball 'All the smoke' Host with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, Durant revealed that he decided to leave the Warriors midseason in 2018-2019 NBA season. "I knew just about the halfway point through the year" Kevin Durant said "I could feel, you know, the separation between the two. Everybody was just waiting on me to make a decision on free agency coaches, to my teammates, to the media  it's like January and I'm like, 'Yo, I'm just...

Dreamhack Open Anaheim groups and matcheup announce


DreamHack has announced the group distribution and opening matchups of the upcoming Open stop in Anaheim, California. The $100,000 tournament features teams from all over the spectrum, with the highest-ranked side being ENCE at No.11, who will be looking to get back on their feet following an underwhelming showing at ICE Challenge at the beginning of February. Meanwhile, Endpoint bring out the rear as an organization who controversially retained their spot at the event, having won ESL Premiership Winter with their previous lineup, which only Max "MiGHTYMAX" Heath was a part of out of the current five. The Finns have been placed in Group B, where they are joined by MIBR and two constellations that were put together at the end of last year in Complexity and Gen.G, for whom the Open stop...

ICE CHALLENGE 2020 AND BLAST PREMIER GROUP A FANTASY RECAP


With ICE Challenge 2020 and Group A of BLAST Premier Spring Series having concluded, we announce the winners of the HLTV x 1xBet League cash prizes and reveal the list of best performers at the two events. Denis "electronic" Sharipov's MVP performance may not have been enough to help Natus Vincere to a win over mousesports in the grand final of ICE Challenge, but his strong showing throughout the tournament ensured that he was far-and-away the best player when it came to Fantasy. Despite his top performance, the winning team for ICE Challenge Fantasy, selected by shadow_11, did not include electronic, with the lineup instead featuring Aleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev alongside the mousesports duo of Finn "karrigan" Andersen and David "frozen" Čerňanský. Two additional in-game leaders, Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen and Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov, rounded out the roster, with the same lineup and different roles being utilized by the third place team in...

NEO, TAZ TO SPEARHEAD NEW PROJECT


Filip "NEO" Kubski and Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas have announced that they will stick together in a new team, with a recruiting process already underway. The Polish pair had reunited in December after almost two years apart, briefly playing together in a team called ARCY, who ended up disbanding in January following roster instability and a series of sub-par displays. Details about the project are still scarce at this stage, though in a press release it is explained that "a recruitment process is being conducted to establish cooperation with the most talented and promising players in the Polish CS:GO scene." "It’s obvious that Neo and I needed time to work through our past," TaZ said in a statement. "When you have played with someone for so many years, spent so much time together and...

Can Iguodala help Miami Heat grab this year’s championship?


Andrei Tyler Iguodala or Iggy for short was the former NBA Finals Valuable Player (MVP) in 2015. He won three NBA championships on his 6 seasons with Golden State Warriors from 2013-2019 before he was traded to Memphis Grizzlies. He was also a member of the USA national team 2010 FIBA World Championships and 2012 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal both times. Lately, Iggy reasoned out that he will not play the remainders of the season if he will not be traded. Rumors that Iggy could join teams who have high chances of winning this year's champion. Those teams are Los Angeles Lakers or Los Angeles Clippers. His teammate Dillon Brooks calls out Iggy saying, "A guy that's on...

EX6TENZ retires as a pro player and turns to coach


Kévin "Ex6TenZ" Droolans has announced the end of his playing career and expressed his intent to become a coach. In a Twitlonger post announcing his retirement, the Belgian veteran cited a lack of motivation and energy to continue playing after his unsuccessful stints with G2 and GamerLegion in 2018-2019, each of which lasted less than six months before Ex6TenZ was removed from the active rosters. He stressed that while he is no longer motivated to spend time on individual training, he wishes to transfer the values he gained as a long-time in-game leader and put his focus into coaching, a role he and many from the community envisioned as the next step in Ex6TenZ's career. The 29-year-old had been inactive since mid-2019, when he was benched in GamerLegion and replaced by Dennis "dennis" Edman in the team's...

Fajardo suffers leg injury


San Miguel Beermen stalwart June Mar Fajardo suffered a complete fracture on his right tibia (leg) during team practice last February 3 and will be out indefinitely. According to a statement released by the team Wednesday, the five-time PBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) had a successful surgery and is slated to recuperate from the injury. "He underwent successful surgery last February 4 and will be scheduled to go through post-operation rehabilitation to allow him to recover at the soonest possible time," the statement said The team said Fajardo will be sidelined for the upcoming Philippine Cup which will begin next month. This latest development is a big blow to the San Miguel Beermen as they gun for their sixth consecutive...

Mousesports defeats Natus Vincere to win ICE Challenge 2020


With a 3-1 scoreline in the grand final, mousesports won ICE Challenge 2020 over Natus Vincere, securing their fourth title from the last five tournaments played. Natus Vincere took the T-side lead on Dust2 after force buys were traded back and forth, thanks to a triple-kill round from electronic. On the favored side of the map, Finn "karrigan" Andersen and co. secured the first three rounds, seeing the map become an open one again. With six out of the first eight rounds going the way of the international roster, mousesports came close to equalizing the tally and finally did so after a 2v2 on B was won by Chris "chrisJ" de Jong and Robin "ropz" Kool. The latter player was crucial for his team, matching electronic's output (both players finished the game with 30 frags) and...

Dendi officially announced his new team: B8


After a long hiatus away from the servers, Danil "Dendi" Ishutin has announced that he’ll be returning to the world of competitive Dota with a brand new team called B8. Though details are scarce, fans and foes alike will have something to look forward to as a legendary player looks to enter the arena again. In his twitter account, Dendi posted a teaser video revealing the name of his new organization: Team B8. Though the players weren't officially stated that time nor the competitive plans of the team, the hype was already set in motion. The announcement video was titled "The Golden Years" goes for an OLD Dendi was listening to a classical music alongside his Na'Vi memorabilia, his grandson...

2nd MPBL All Star Event on Feb 13!


Senator Manny Pacquiao founded league Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League recently announced voting for their 2nd All Stars game. And it will be on Saturday February 13,2020. Games will be played at MOA Arena. First on the list will be Celebrity 3x3 Game which in Team A will be lead by our Senator Manny Pacquiao and Team B leader will be Kobe Paras. Thirdy Ravena will also play Team Pacquiao and Gerald Anderson on Team Kobe. 3point shootout will follow after the 3x3 Celebrity Game. And here are the Top 11 contestants: Anton Asistio (Zamboanga Family’s Brand Sardines) Mikee Cabahug (Navotas Clutch) Mark Pangilinan (Bacoor Strikers) Jerome Garcia (Bicol Volcanoes) Jordan Rios (Rizal Golden Coolers) Rhaffy Octobre (Cebu Casino Ethyl Alcohol)...

NATUS VINCERE SEE OFF GODSENT TO SECURE GRAND FINAL SPOT IN LONDON


With a 2-0 victory over GODSENT in the semi finals, Natus Vincere advanced to the grand final of ICE Challenge where they will face mousesports. At their first LAN with Ilya "Perfecto" Zalutskiy, Natus Vincere have shown respectable form and secured three BO3 victories, however, it is tomorrow's BO5 match against Finn "karrigan" Andersen's squad that will show how good the latest roster is against the top teams. The series was off to a spectacular start as on Overpass, GODSENT's pick, force buys were traded back and forth. Natus Vincere won the CT pistol, but plays like Martin "STYKO" Styk's triple kill with a Scout or Perfecto's 1v2 clutch resulted in a 4-4 scoreline. The CIS side then finally managed to stabilize, and with three successful retakes in a row, got control of the economy and pushed into the lead....

Plopski’s contract with Ninjas in Pajamas renewed for 3 years


Nicolas "Plopski" Gonzalez Zamora has signed a new contract that will keep him on NiP through 2023, the Swedish organisation announced on Wednesday. The 17-year-old has committed his future to the Ninjas just eight months after being signed from Ancient as a replacement for Dennis "dennis" Edman. Plopski has inked a new contract until 2023 He earned rave reviews for his 2019 LAN performances with the team (1.07 rating), with Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin, Nicolai "device" Reedtz and Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut all predicting him to make the top 20 player of the year ranking in 2020. "I am looking forward to continuing the journey with this amazing team," Plopski said in a statement. "I’ve learned a lot during my time as a Ninja, and 2020 is when I want to step up and play to my full potential. "With a solid line-up, we have...

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