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Sep 06, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

FISSURE Playground 3: 16 teams in China, $1M prize pool, September 8-13 — FURIA, FaZe, Astralis, MongolZ, PARIVISION headline

FISSURE Playground 3 (China, Sep 8-13, 2026): 16 teams, $1,000,000 prize pool ($165K winner + $135K org), two double-elimination groups of 8. First place bypasses QF to SF. Teams include FURIA, Legacy, G2, 9z, FaZe, Astralis, The MongolZ, BETBOOM, PARIVISION, GamerLegion, magic, BIG, MIBR, TYLOO, Alliance, 5star.

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Sep 06, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

MOUZ upset Vitality 2-0 in BLAST Porto SF — Spinx 1.61, snap 2-12 head-to-head streak

MOUZ ended an 18-month 2-12 head-to-head losing streak vs Vitality with a 2-0 SF (Dust2 13-11, Mirage 13-7). Spinx 1.61 (40-28), xelex 1.42, xertioN's tactical calls decisive. Vitality stand-in jL struggled at 0.59; ZywOo 1.30 not enough. Final vs Spirit Sep 6 16:00.

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Sep 06, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

Spirit reach BLAST Porto final with 2-0 over Falcons — 3rd straight final since summer break

Spirit beat Falcons 2-0 (Nuke 13-8, Ancient 13-11) to book their third consecutive final since returning from summer break. sh1ro top with 1.21, donk 1.09. m0NESY (1.28, 39-29) not enough for Falcons.

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Sep 05, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

TYLOO qualify for IEM Beijing 2026 as FlyQuest forced to forfeit — Australia-Singapore cable outage (200ms+ ping)

TYLOO take the Asia Closed Qualifier grand final by walkover after FlyQuest can't play: physical Australia-Singapore undersea cable damaged, all backup ISPs affected, ping 200ms+. 14 of 16 IEM Beijing spots now settled.

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Sep 05, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

paiN bench vsm, promote 16-year-old Rkzinho from academy — biguzera: "we don't trust each other anymore"

paiN Gaming bench Vinicius "vsm" Moreira (27) and promote 16-year-old Rickson "Rkzinho" Ribeiro Dias (HLTV Prospects #49, 1.10 rating in 2026) from the academy. Pedro "beto" Umberto joins as new coach. Debut at PGL Masters Bucharest SA Closed Qualifier Sep 6.

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Sep 05, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

Falcons ease past G2 2-0 in BLAST Porto QF — NiKo 1.54, Spirit semifinal next

Falcons dispatched G2 2-0 (Inferno 13-6, Dust II 13-9). NiKo dropped 37-24 with 1.54 rating and a decisive quad-kill; m0NESY 1.22, kyousuke 1.41. Fourth straight win over G2 since m0NESY joined. Spirit semi Sep 5 16:00.

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Sep 05, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

Vitality survive Nuke drubbing to beat FURIA 2-1 in BLAST Porto QF, face MOUZ in semi

Vitality lost Nuke 6-13 but recovered on Cache 13-11 and Dust II 13-4. ZywOo posted 1.72 on Cache with jL 1v2 clutches. KSCERATO (1.09) topped FURIA. MOUZ semi 19:30 Sep 5.

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Sep 03, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

EWC 2026 awards: donk MVP (1.50+ rating, 9th event), All-Star lineup features try, molodoy, KSCERATO, magixx, n1ssim

Danil "donk" Kryshkovets (Spirit) wins Esports World Cup 2026 MVP with 1.50+ rating — his 9th event MVP at or above 1.50. EVPs: try (Legacy 1.26), m0NESY (Falcons 1.56), molodoy (FURIA), KSCERATO (FURIA 1.26). All-Star lineup: donk / try / magixx / KSCERATO / n1ssim.

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Sep 03, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

dako sets new CS2 regulation kill record — 40 kills on Mirage vs Total Domination, breaks poiii's 39 from 2024

Kazakhstani Daulet "dako" Ondassynov (22, Game Point) drops 40 kills in 24 regulation rounds on Mirage at BRO Cyber League Season 1 vs Total Domination. Breaks Alex "poiii" Nyholm Sundgren's 39-kill online record from September 2024. Game Point still lost the match in overtime.

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Sep 03, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

NIP sign Krimbo on loan from BIG as new IGL — replaces benched Snappi, joins sjuush, xKacpersky, stavn, n0te

German rifler Karim "Krimbo" Moussa joins Ninjas in Pyjamas on loan from BIG to fill the IGL vacancy left by Snappi. Krimbo had been benched at BIG since October 2025 and stood in for Liquid at IEM Kraków 2026.

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Sep 02, 2026

Esports & Tournaments

Johnny Speeds sign Svedjehed to complete Swedish roster — reunites with draken, hampus, bsover, Rack

Leo "Svedjehed" Svedjehed returns to competitive CS after an April-October 2025 stint. Joins Johnny Speeds to complete the Swedish starting five alongside draken, hampus, bsover, and Rack.

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