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Sep 21, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

BESTIA win Circuit X Curitiba 2-0 vs Bounty Hunters — Fluxo upset paiN in QF, BESTIA/Fluxo now 14 VRS points behind paiN

BESTIA beat Bounty Hunters 2-0 in the Circuit X Curitiba final, earning 204 VRS points. Fluxo upset top-seeded paiN in the quarterfinals and finished 3rd (def. ShindeN). BESTIA/Fluxo are now joint-10th in Americas VRS — 14 Valve points behind paiN (Americas #9, global #27) for the Singapore Major invite. paiN earned just 14 points from the event. MVP: drop.

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Sep 20, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

Vitality beat Aurora 3-1 to win StarSeries Fall — first title since May, ZywOo 1.51 in the final

Vitality took the StarSeries Fall grand final 3-1 (Anubis 13-4, Inferno 11-13, Mirage 13-4, Cache to Vitality). ZywOo 71-44 K-D, 1.51 rating; flameZ 51-45, 1.28. Aurora: Wicadia 63-59, 1.15; XANTARES 37-58, 0.69. First Vitality trophy since BLAST Rivals on May 3, 2026.

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Sep 19, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

Aurora punish limp Vitality offense 2-1 to reach first final with new roster — Vitality won only 6 T-rounds across the series

Aurora beat Vitality 2-1 in the StarSeries Fall upper bracket final (Anubis 13-7, Inferno 11-13, Nuke 13-8). Jimpphat 53-34, 1.36 rating; Wicadia 1.21. ZywOo 48-43, 1.28 top for Vitality; flameZ 0.94. Vitality won just 6 T-side rounds across three maps. Aurora → grand final Sep 20 vs MIBR-FURIA winner; Vitality must survive the consolation final for a BO5 rematch.

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Sep 18, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

MOUZ eliminate NAVI 2-1 in StarSeries Fall — Aleksib: "we don't deserve to play at the Major if this is how we play"

MOUZ beat NAVI 2-1 in Barcelona (Cache 13-10, Inferno 10-13, Mirage 13-8). w0nderful topped charts with 58 kills / 1.41 rating despite the loss; b1t 48 kills / 1.09. MOUZ: xertioN 49 kills / 1.13, PR 47 / 1.09. NAVI drop outside VRS top-15. Aleksib: "we don't even deserve to play at the Major if this is the way we play." MOUZ face FURIA next.

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Sep 13, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

Legacy sweep G2 3-0 to take FISSURE Playground 3 title — latto 1.67 in the final, try USP quad-kill on Mirage

Legacy beat G2 3-0 (Ancient 13-9, Mirage 13-10, Dust2 13-4) in the FPG 3 grand final. latto 1.67 rating with 102.9 ADR and +5.59% round swing. try opened Mirage with a USP quad-kill. NertZ 1.23 top on G2 with series-best 107.7 ADR; r1nkle bottom at 0.63 (26 kills across 3 maps).

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Sep 09, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

Valve release September 2026 VRS one day late — Spirit #1 third month running (2031 pts); backdated release creates seeding chaos

Valve published the September VRS on Sep 9 at 08:12 after Labor Day pushed the usual first-Monday release. Spirit stay #1 with 2031 pts (3rd consecutive month), MOUZ 1902, Falcons 1881, FUT 1847, Vitality 1841. Valve backdated to Sep 7 to keep TO deadlines valid — but the actual data used was Sep 8, including an unfinished ESL Challenger cup, which may need rectification.

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Sep 07, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

Spirit take BLAST Open Porto title 3-1 over MOUZ — back-to-back trophies after EWC

Spirit beat MOUZ 3-1 in the Porto grand final (Dust2 13-8, Mirage 11-13, Ancient 13-3, Nuke 13-6). sh1ro 1.36 top rated of the final, donk 1.28, tN1R 1.27, zont1x Glock clutch on Nuke. MOUZ collapsed after taking Mirage — PR 0.93, xertioN 0.88 the top three. Second consecutive title after Esports World Cup.

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Sep 21, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

Coaching shuffle: Phantom part with lunAtic (14 months), WW add tried and Ryujin as stand-ins, BC.Game hire oskarish

Phantom and coach Dawid "lunAtic" Cieślak parted ways by mutual consent after 14 months, during which they climbed to No. 69 VRS. WW brought in Gleb "tried" Kholmogorov and Boris "Ryujin" Kim as stand-ins after the departures of deko and ct0m. BC.Game added Oskar "oskarish" Stenborowski (ex-Venom, ex-GamerLegion) as assistant coach and analyst.

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Sep 21, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

UNiTY release fnl after three months, sign Czech rifler Dytor from INFINITE

UNiTY parted ways with David "fnl" Mușuroiu (Romania) after a three-month stint and signed Martin "Dytor" Handl from INFINITE. Dytor averaged 1.29 rating in the recent 2-0 win over Leo at Exort Fiesta Series 2. He joins the starting lineup.

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Sep 21, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

Vitality bring jL to EPL S24 as standby in case apEX leaves early for child birth

Vitality are travelling to ESL Pro League Season 24 with Justinas "jL" Lekavicius as a standby precaution, in case Dan "apEX" Madesclaire has to depart early for the birth of his child. The team is still expected to compete with its full five-man roster. Reported on the All About Counter-Strike podcast by James "BanKs" Banks.

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Sep 20, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

WINLINE CIS LAN Season 9 announced — $50K Moscow LAN Oct 20-23, open signups for VRS teams ahead of Major cutoff

$50,000 WINLINE CIS LAN Season 9 lands in Moscow October 20-23, 2026. 16 teams — open signups for any team in the global VRS. Format: GSL BO3 groups → single-elimination playoffs with BO5 grand final. Prize split: $30K / $9K / $4K×2 / $750×4. Positioned as a VRS points event right before the PGL Major Singapore invite cutoff.

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