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Sep 29, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

G2 officially part ways with SunPayus after 14 months — coach Saha wants a more aggressive AWP

G2 confirmed the departure of Álvaro "SunPayus" García on September 29 after 14 months on the roster (July 2025 – September 2026). Coach Eetu Saha: "we need something more aggressive because we have also other players who are a bit more on the passive side." Artem "r1nkle" Moroz replaced him in the lineup in June 2026 after three months on the bench. FUT reportedly interested. G2 won BLAST Open London 2025 with SunPayus.

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Sep 28, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

NIP take first title under Krimbo's IGL — 3-1 over GamerLegion at 1win Private Club S1, stavn MVP with 1.84 Cache

Ninjas in Pyjamas beat GamerLegion 3-1 in the 1win Private Club S1 grand final (Ancient 19-17, Nuke 14-16, Cache 13-6, Mirage 13-9). MVP stavn — 1.27 rating overall, 1.84 on Cache. Krimbo (IGL since early September, replacing Snappi) posted 1.19 rating / 80.0 ADR, tied for top NIP rating in the tournament, 1.19 in the final. GamerLegion: REZ 1.13.

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Sep 28, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

Liquid win iBUYPOWER Masters FML undefeated — malbsMd 1.62 MVP, first offline title since 2022

Liquid beat Wildcard 2-0 in the iBUYPOWER Masters FML grand final (Inferno 13-4, Anubis 13-9). malbsMd 41-22 K-D, 1.62 rating — event MVP with a tournament-leading 1.44 rating across 8 maps. EliGE 1.23, NAF 1.48. Wildcard: fr3nd 0.92, nEMANHA 0.86. $30,000 prize pool, undefeated Liquid run — their first offline title since 2022 and first trophy since 2019.

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Sep 28, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

Legacy's arT out of ESL Pro League Season 24 with meningitis — bobz stands in for at least 10 days

Legacy announced that Andrei "arT" Piovezan is under medical care with meningitis and will be sidelined for at least 10 days. Pedro "bobz" Rocha (24, ex-MIBR Academy 2024, more recently an assistant coach/analyst for Fluxo and Yawara) fills in at ESL Pro League Season 24 in Katowice. Legacy sit on a strong run — 3rd at Esports World Cup and champions of FISSURE Playground 3.

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Sep 26, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

ESL Pro League Season 24 talent: 10-strong LAN lineup at Spodek Arena, Oct 3-11 — SPUNJ, Machine, YNk, moses, HenryG all on the desk

ESL Pro League Season 24 runs entirely on LAN at Katowice's Spodek Arena from October 3-11. Talent lineup (10 members): Freya and stunna on hosting/sideline; commentators/analysts SPUNJ, Machine, YNk, JustHarry, Hugo, Dinko, moses, and HenryG. Role assignments not disclosed. Same venue that hosts IEM Katowice.

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Sep 26, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

ESL Pro League Season 24 seeding revealed — Spirit #1, Vitality #2, Falcons #3, MOUZ #4 by peer ranking

ESL Pro League Season 24 (Oct 3-11, Katowice Spodek) seeded via peer ranking — every team ranks its 15 opponents, averages with outliers removed set the final seed. Top-8: Spirit, Vitality (+2), Falcons, MOUZ (-2), Legacy, FURIA, Aurora (+3), G2 (-1). 9-16: NAVI, 9z (-2), BETBOOM, PARIVISION, M80 (+2), TYLOO (-1), 1win (-1), ShindeN. Swiss pairings #1 vs #16 etc.

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Sep 26, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

Wildcard eliminate NRG 2-0 at iBUYPOWER Masters FML — HexT 1.55 / 38-22, DENDELE next in the SF

Wildcard beat NRG 2-0 (Mirage 13-10, Cache 13-9) at iBUYPOWER Masters FML on September 26. HexT 38-22 / 1.55 top-fragged; Cxzi 39-31 / 1.30. NRG: Sonic 33-33 / 1.23 the lone bright spot; team finish 5-6th, eliminated but 8th in Americas VRS. Playoff schedule: Liquid-M80 (Sep 26 22:30), DENDELE-Wildcard (Sep 27 02:00), then 3rd-place match and grand final on Sep 27.

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Sep 23, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

StarSeries Fall 2026 All-Stars: apEX IGL, Jimpphat AWP, KSCERATO anchor, insani opener + closer, ZywOo MVP; KSCERATO / Jimpphat / ropz named EVPs

HLTV published the StarSeries Fall 2026 All-Star team and EVP list. MVP: ZywOo (1.50 rating, 1.24 KPRW). All-Star roles: apEX (IGL, Vitality), Jimpphat (AWP, Aurora), KSCERATO (anchor, FURIA), insani (opener + closer, MIBR — 1.16 KPRW), ZywOo (Vitality). EVPs: KSCERATO (1.26 rating, 89.9 ADR), Jimpphat (1.41 rating in map wins, 3 player-of-the-map awards), ropz (1.28 rating in map wins, 0.98 KPRW). Jimpphat's first EVP since IEM Rio 2024.

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Sep 23, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

ODDIK pause esports operations indefinitely — diozera and nardes benched, four released as free agents

ODDIK have suspended esports operations indefinitely and with immediate effect on September 23. Diogo "diozera" Oliveira Nunes and Gustavo "nardes" Henrique benched; Vitor "Ceruttera" Cerutti, Gabriel "NEKIZ" Schenato, Sebastian "righi" Righi and coach Joaquin "lokomotioN" Abasolo released as free agents. ODDIK entered CS in June 2022 and peaked at No. 28 in HLTV rankings in 2025 after PGL Astana.

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Sep 22, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

Official: BC.Game sign 23-year-old Australian asap from THUNDER dOWNUNDER — shifts them from EU VRS 36th to Asia VRS 4th for Major Singapore invite

BC.Game officially confirmed the signing of Tyson "asap" Paterson (23, Australia) from THUNDER dOWNUNDER as the direct replacement for benched electroNic. asap averaged 1.28 rating over 30 maps in the past three months. The move drops BC.Game from the European VRS (36th) into the Asia VRS (4th), where five teams receive PGL Major Singapore invites. Roster: s1mple, Senzu, mzinho, Magisk, asap + coach TaZ.

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Sep 22, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

BC.Game bench electroNic — CEO Ali Muhanned: "If we had more time for the Major, I would have given electroNic more time"

BC.Game benched Denis "electroNic" Sharipov (Russia) on September 22 ahead of the PGL Singapore Major invite deadline. electroNic averaged 0.99 rating over the past three months (21 maps). CEO Ali Muhanned pointed to Asia VRS math: BC.Game sit 36th in European VRS (1,191 points) but 4th in Asia — where five teams get Major invites — pushing the org toward an "Asian core" build.

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