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
- / Armel "leak"
Araneta has revealed that he has been released from
Knights Academy
Knights Academy Inactive and announced that he will be taking an indefinite break from competition.
- Youssef "sSef"
Daghache has announced his departure from
YFP Gaming
YFP Gaming North America Rank #10 GLYPH Conner Garcia shonk William Kittrell Rebo Christopher Heindel d1msumboi Erik Almhjell .
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Solstice Esports
Solstice Esports Inactive crakd JSP Jasper Shum Complex Coby Hilburn player Raiyan "Flippsy" Jugbhery has joined Full Power Gaming
Full Power Gaming Inactive MUSAB k1Ng Abdul Sami Khero PokemoN Storax Areeb Rehman Abdur Abdur Rehman as the team's head coach.
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Zero Tenacity
Zero Tenacity Europe Rank #62 kenobi Szymon Łabędzki qxv Jakub Sawicki kaajak Kajetan Haremski ALMO Albert Moscicki Freyy Krystian Konopka have signed the roster of ownage
ownage Europe Rank #46 Ayke Jakub Smoczyński qxv Jakub Sawicki 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 #2 roxi Vivian Schilling Petra Petra Stoker mimi Michaela Lintrup sarah Sarah Ahmed 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 Inactive Cla Clara Rossi Sliicyy Lucy Tran Kim Sophia Benfakir Nelo Mathilde Beltoise .
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Giants Gaming
Giants Gaming Europe Rank #12 Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin have added Berke "Vlad" Kantürk to their team as an analyst. He previously was the head coach of BBL Esports
BBL Esports Europe Rank #41 aimDLL Hüseyin Kabişteke AsLanM4shadoW Ali Osman Balta Brave Eren Kasırga 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 Inactive flainzz Felipe Saldanha pollo Julio Silva 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 Flynn as an analyst.
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ODDIK
ODDIK Brazil Rank #8 sw Jadisson Rayan bld Victor Junqueira Tisora Kauã Estefanini fzkk Leonardo Puertas fznnn Fernando Cerqueira jacobin Guilherme Jacob head coach Dyamond "phonics" Pillon has revealed that he has departed the organization and entered free agency.
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Before
Before Inactive 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 Inactive and is looking for new opportunities.
- Leandro "Leazo"
Liset has departed
9z Team
9z Team Latin America South Rank #2 deigara Gonzalo Funes Tuli Giulliano Pozo Massone rubkkoide Facundo Chavez mizu Gabriel Gonzalez david David Olivares to join KRÜ Esports
KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #3 keznit Angelo Mori NagZ Juan Pablo Lopez Klaus Nicolas Ferrari Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro axeddy Carlos Alberto . He joins KRÜ to replace Martin "BeTony" Bourre, who also departed his former team to join Leviatán
Leviatán Latin America South Rank #1 Tacolilla Vicente Compagnon kiNgg Francisco Aravena nzr Agustin Ibarra Mazino Roberto Rivas 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 #5 popogachi Souta Morita Meiy Ibuki Seki Medusa An Min-cheol makiba Miyamoto Akatsuki neth Yusuke Matsuda have added NorthernLights to their team as a coach.
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BearClaw Gaming
BearClaw Gaming Inactive 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 #41 blaZek1ng Gary Dastin Lightningfast Abhirup Choudhury Benkai Benedict Tan Russ Russel Mendes 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 Inactive BriTSy Iqra Khan eluwu kthrs1s and announced that she will be looking for new opportunities in North America.
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MLC Esports
MLC Esports Inactive MenT Nisuh 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 Inactive Rustun Rustun Lusk Verno Andrew Maust Welshy Liam Newhouse | runner-up: TSM Academy
TSM Academy Inactive
- BoomTV Proving Grounds $10k April Anarchy winner:
Cosmic Divide
Cosmic Divide Inactive ChurmZ Corey Koch Tkaz Tyler Kazmierczak renz Austin Dickman tokyo Sebastien Lima syfi Samir Karimov | runner-up: Akrew
Akrew Inactive 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 Cédric Yergeau | runner-up: Able Esports
Able Esports Inactive MNZ Samuel Rioux June Junior Pomminville Lamoux Alexandre Lamoureux XPL Tommy Richer AfterMath Mathieu Dufour Desbiens
- PLAYER1 SERIES Hera #3 winner:
ODDIK Bright
ODDIK Bright Brazil Rank #67 gabee mindle Elaine Takahashi gabiTê Aninha Ana Luiza Martinho | runner-up: MIBR Female
MIBR Female Brazil Unranked biazik Beatriz Begnossi Daniops Daniela Cristini drn Paola Caroline isa1 Isabele Glym nat1 Natalia Meneses
- Liga Gamers Club Série A Maio main event qualified teams:
Rise Gaming
Rise Gaming Inactive luqz Lucas Dias Tak1 Vitor Tak Luskka Lucas Rentechen , Team Brave Soldiers
Team Brave Soldiers Inactive zaninZS cortezia Gabriel Cortez depppx Demétrios Peixoto Faelzin Rafael Almeida Askia , Supremacyy
Supremacyy Inactive guiih9 Guilherme Vitor fz Felipe Rodrigues lz Luiz Reche gobera Vitor Gobo pMdr1 Pedro Henrique
- Rebels #2 remaining teams:
FUT Female
FUT Female Europe Rank #11 Smurfette Yağmur Gündüz ness Neslişah Demir Lyda İlayda Güzeldere klaudia Klaudia Beczkiewicz rezq Eda Naz Akçocuk , Sangal Rebels
Sangal Rebels Inactive Anva Nehir Dinçer Miyori Eylül Sudem Sarıoğlu dociless Sude Sancak Narcius Kamila EKİN , Papara SuperMassive Female
Papara SuperMassive Female Inactive Julis Açelya Özgen schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül , BBL Queens
BBL Queens Europe Unranked Vania Aleyna Keskin eva Nur Çakır Wens Gülce Eda Sürmeli alkyia Azra Erin Felipa Zehra Durak
- Oceania Tour Stage 2 regional playoffs remaining teams:
ORDER
ORDER Inactive WRONSKI Michael Wronski rDeeW Riley Wilkinson Texta Matthew O’Rourke disk0 Cameron Mac Maple Elvin Sun , BOBO
BOBO Inactive Nozz Noah McClafferty Dragon Nicholas Aleksandrovsky Yifang Yifang Chen Crunchy Ethan Laker pl1xx Christopher Li , REIGN
REIGN Inactive MaiShiu Matthew Wu xsus Raymond Wang Minimise Jackson White WAT Lewis Watson M1kE Michael Smith
Other News & Rumors
- According to a report from Max "purest" Katz,
Misfits Black
Misfits Black North America Rank #16 panday Tastyy Carlee Carlee Gress edith Eden Bryce Cutlip Slandy Presley Anderson 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 Inactive 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.