Another week has come and gone, and with it has come a new batch of headlines from around the world. Here's what you might have missed this past week.
This week's edition covers news from May 14 - May 20.
- Read more: News Almost Missed May 13
Roster Changes
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Araneta has revealed that he has been released from
Knights Academy
Knights Academy North America Rank #51 Exalt Drake Branly PureVNS Vincent Nguyen riku Chris Piasecki and announced that he will be taking an indefinite break from competition.
- Youssef "sSef"
Daghache has announced his departure from
YFP Gaming
YFP Gaming Inactive Critical Tristan Trinacty OXY pho Mike Panza cheatcode Shaun Quinto Jerk Justin Milani .
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Solstice Esports
Solstice Esports North America Rank #0 Flippsy Raiyan Jugbhery JSP Jasper Shum Complex Coby Hilburn player Raiyan "Flippsy" Jugbhery has joined Full Power Gaming
Full Power Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank # MUSAB k1Ng Abdul Sami Khero PokemoN Storax Areeb Rehman as the team's head coach.
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Zero Tenacity
Zero Tenacity Europe Rank # Ayke Jakub Smoczyński jas kenobi Szymon Łabędzki qxv Jakub Sawicki xiTsha Arkadiusz Nowak have signed the roster of ownage
ownage Inactive Ayke Jakub Smoczyński qxv Jakub Sawicki kenobi Szymon Łabędzki jas xiTsha Arkadiusz Nowak .
- / Zainab "zAAz"
Turkie, one of the most successful female FPS players of all time, has announced her retirement from competitive play after 20 years of competition dating back to when she was 11 years old. In her place,
G2 Gozen
G2 Gozen Europe Rank #0 Mary Maryam Maher juliano Julia Kiran Petra Petra Stoker mimi Michaela Lintrup Glance Anastasia Anisimova will field Maryam "Mary" Maher, who hasn't been seen in an official match since November when she stood in with TENSTAR Nova
TENSTAR Nova Europe Rank #0 Cla Clara Rossi Sliicyy Lucy Tran Kim Sophia Benfakir sia Siana Yoldez Matri Nelo Mathilde Beltoise .
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Giants Gaming
Giants Gaming Europe Rank #4 russ Batuhan Malgaç Jesse Adam Čtvrtníček ShadoW Tobias Flodström Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego Kiles Vlad Shvets have added Berke "Vlad" Kantürk to their team as an analyst. He previously was the head coach of BBL Esports
BBL Esports Europe Rank #32 CyderX Caner Demir stand-in Turko Mehmet Özen AsLanM4shadoW Ali Osman Balta aimDLL Hüseyin Kabişteke QutionerX Doğukan Dural and moved to an analyst position within the team about a month after the team promoted Sezgin "fabre" Kalaycı from the team's performance coach to head coach.
- Earlier this week, on the 17th,
Stars Horizon
Stars Horizon Brazil Rank # pdr Pedro Henrique Maverick Henrique Tozatto flainzz Felipe Saldanha NANZIN Renan Echternacht artzin Arthur Araujo bid farewell to Bruno "BRNWOWZK1" Miranda. A couple days later, the team brought on three new members: Lucas "Shuren" Silva as assistant coach, Arthur "artzin" Araujo as a player, and LgX as an analyst.
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ODDIK
ODDIK Brazil Rank #14 head coach Dyamond "phonics" Pillon has revealed that he has departed the organization and entered free agency.
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B4 Angels
B4 Angels Brazil Rank #19 let Letícia Dias tayhuhu Taynah Yukimi Jelly Krysme jules Julia Dominguez have rounded out their roster with Jelly and Krysme .
- / After being benched late last month, Benjamin "bnj"
Rabinovich has revealed that he has officially been released from
Ninjas In Pyjamas
Ninjas In Pyjamas Brazil Rank # v1xen Gabriel Martins xand Alexandre Zizi bezn1 Gabriel Luiz da Costa cauanzin Cauan Pereira Jonn Walney Reis and is looking for new opportunities.
- Leandro "Leazo"
Liset has departed
9z Team
9z Team Latin America South Rank #3 HANLING deigara Gonzalo Funes suther Tomás Zurita puleule Nahuel Pulella mizu Gabriel Gonzalez to join KRÜ Esports
KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #1 delz1k Joaquin Espinoza NagZ Juan Pablo Lopez Klaus Nicolas Ferrari Mazino Roberto Rivas keznit Angelo Mori . He joins KRÜ to replace Martin "BeTony" Bourre, who also departed his former team to join Leviatán
Leviatán Latin America South Rank #18 Tacolilla Vicente Compagnon Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro adverso Benjamín Poblete kiNgg Francisco Aravena Shyy Fabian Usnayo as an assistant coach.
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Inactive have released their roster.
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Crazy Raccoon
Crazy Raccoon Japan Rank #3 Astell Moon Ji-won (문지원) popogachi Souta Morita Meiy neth Yusuke Matsuda rion Hiroto Tateno have added NorthernLights to their team as a coach.
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BearClaw Gaming
BearClaw Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #0 joshh Joshua Leow bryce Bryce Lee Flaring Henri Forichon JayH Wong Jia Heng have returned to Valorant by signing KPMOONIIBLM9
KPMOONIIBLM9 Inactive JayH Wong Jia Heng joshh Joshua Leow FirstLove Darren Mok Yong Xiang bryce Bryce Lee Flaring Henri Forichon Xenoo .
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Global Esports
Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #9 SkRossi Ganesh Gangadhar Lightningfast Abhirup Choudhury Kohliii Pranav Kohli HellrangeR Bhavin Kotwani KappA Akshay Sinkar skillZ Jayanth Ramesh have signed Pranav "Kohliii" Kohli, increasing the team's player count to six.
- / Shreya "ShreyUwU"
Prasad has revealed that she is no longer a part of
Asteria
Asteria Asia-Pacific Rank #0 muffinloop Akanksha Sukhramani BriTSy Iqra Khan eluwu KiRi kthrs1s Meow16K Saloni Pawar and announced that she will be looking for new opportunities in North America.
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MLC Esports
MLC Esports MENA Rank # MenT ACHRF Adjabi Cheraf zMART Amokrane Ahmed N1suh Lemignon have parted ways with YURI and welcomed CrYsTaL to their team in his place.
Results & Standings
- NSG Summer Championship Open 6 winner:
Oxygen Academy
Oxygen Academy North America Rank # Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm Virtyy Leandro Moreno Nurfed James McFadden Rustun Rustun Lusk Verno Andrew Maust | runner-up: TSM Academy
TSM Academy North America Rank #20 Harmful Mohammed Choudhary ZK Timothy Ly venture Anthony Ziade Rebo Christopher Heindel
- BoomTV Proving Grounds $10k April Anarchy winner:
Cosmic Divide
Cosmic Divide North America Rank #28 nerve Michael Yerrow icy Jacob Lange ChurmZ Corey Koch Tkaz Tyler Kazmierczak | runner-up: Akrew
Akrew North America Rank #23 gucc107 Andrew Gutnichenko Neon Austin Hedge Paincakes Jake Hass jovahnii Jovanni Miramontes ZachaREEE Zachary Lombardo
- VALORANT ETS LAN 2022 winner:
Synergy
Synergy Inactive Ouate Alexis Tremblay Swifts Jean-Christophe Demers AntoL Anthony Lariviere Dynasty Sharked | runner-up: Able Esports
Able Esports North America Rank #0 wounD Philippe Auger-Morin FunnyZ Matthew Latouche BLuezZ Xavier Lambert SHNOZERBULLDOZER Jérémy Bertrand Dreylo Andrei Stoian
- PLAYER1 SERIES Hera #3 winner:
ODDIK Bright
ODDIK Bright Brazil Rank #0 m4ndzin stand-in isla Larissa Rodrigues mindle Elaine Takahashi nAny Aninha | runner-up: MIBR Female
MIBR Female Brazil Rank # Badgal Tamires Araujo Shizue Carolina Miranda pannshi Pamella Shibuya Bizinha Bruna Marvila Cellax Marcella Ferreira
- Liga Gamers Club Série A Maio main event qualified teams:
Rise Gaming
Rise Gaming Brazil Rank #11 luqz Lucas Dias guuih Guilherme Mariano PxS Tak1 Vitor Tak Luskka Lucas Rentechen , Team Brave Soldiers
Team Brave Soldiers Brazil Rank #0 zaninZS cortezia Gabriel Cortez depppx Demétrios Peixoto Faelzin Askia , Supremacyy
Supremacyy Brazil Rank # guiih9 Guilherme Vitor fz Felipe Rodrigues Lz Luiz Gustavo gobera Vitor Gobo pMdr1 Pedro Henrique
- Rebels #2 remaining teams:
FUT JEFF
FUT JEFF Europe Rank #0 Gia Süreyya Bayel Sephia Reyhan Şimşek proxima Aslıhan Uslu Ritha Zeynep Sualp ness Neslişah Demir , Sangal Esports Female
Sangal Esports Female Europe Rank # Anva Nehir Dinçer Miyori Eylül Sudem Sarıoğlu Aphrodite stand-in Cleopatra Esra Çolak , Supermassive Blaze Female
Supermassive Blaze Female Europe Rank #0 rainssa Yağmur Şahin River Sephia Reyhan Şimşek dati Lyda schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül , BBL Queens
BBL Queens Europe Rank #0 Vania minemosynE Minem Alkir Nariel Yaren Cirit Banshee eva Nur Çakır
- Oceania Tour Stage 2 regional playoffs remaining teams:
ORDER
ORDER Oceania Rank #1 WRONSKI Michael Wronski rDeeW Riley Wilkinson Texta Matthew O’Rourke disk0 Cameron Mac Maple Elvin Sun , BOBO
BOBO Oceania Rank # Nozz Noah McClafferty tixx Nick Quinn signed Dale Tang skrawl Justin Lanzon DRAGON Nicholas Aleksandrovsky NiceHacks Chris Wahle stand-in , REIGN
REIGN Oceania Rank # MaiShiu Matthew Wu jtxue Jesse Tang punda Lachlan Bamford xsus Raymond Wang Minimise Jackson White
Other News & Rumors
- According to a report from Max "purest" Katz,
Misfits Black
Misfits Black North America Rank # florescent kxtieoh Zoe Zoe Servais korosu stand-in Slandy Presley Anderson Vernina Vernina Gozum are looking to make large changes to their roster. Madelynn "Mady" Saye will step down from the active roster to pursue full-time content creation, while Chloe "chloe" Wong will likely be released, leaving the team with two active players. To fill their vacancies, the team will sign florescent , kxtieoh , and Zoe "Zoe" Servais. However, florescent will be unable to play in the next Game Changers event due to her age. A substitute for florescent has not been named.
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Version1
Version1 North America Rank #11 zander Alexander Dituri Zellsis Jordan Montemurro penny Erik Penny effys Loic Sauvageau wippie Maxim Shepelev are set to bench Alexander "zander" Dituri, according to a report from George Geddes. The team is in search of new candidates to replace their in-game leader, but no candidates were named as potential replacements.