Masters: Reykjavik competition resumes today, but that didn't stop the rest of the world from creating new headlines this past week. Here's what you might have missed.

This week's edition covers news from April 16 - April 22.

• Read more: News Almost Missed April 15

Roster Changes

• NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Rank #3 FNS Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh crashies Austin Roberts ethos Alan Ruan ardiis Ardis Svarenieks Victor Victor Wong have bolstered their coaching staff with former League of Legends coach Anthony "Zikz" Gray and Jay "DeMars DeRover" Li. The former had stints as a coach with 100 Thieves, TSM, and CLG dating back to 2015.
• BASILISK BASILISK Inactive royal Matthew Buick Jangler Dwaine Kirkpatrick have added Dwaine "Jangler" Kirkpatrick to their team.
• / Ghost Gaming Ghost Gaming Inactive koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio NiSMO Marc-Andre Tayar aproto Alex Protopapas brawk Brock Somerhalder johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid have rounded out their roster with Alex "aproto" Protopapas.
• / DarkZero Esports DarkZero Esports Inactive ScrewFace Kyle Jensen Ange Adam Milian Trick Justin Sears ZexRow Anthony Colandro Drone Taylor Johnson have finalized their roster with Taylor "Drone" Johnson, Anthony "ZexRow" Colandro, Justin "Trick" Sears, and Adam "Ange" Milian.
• / Zero MarksMen Black Zero MarksMen Black Inactive FIEND Zander Bates cheatcode Shaun Quinto Hoppin Charles Clapper sSef Youssef Daghache BRANTED Brandon Ballard have formed a new roster consisting of Joseph "bjor" Bjorklund, Kevin "mina" Nguyen, Dayton "Lear" Akau, Jonard "Jonaaa6" Penaflor, Antonio "Enjoy" Billen, and coach Derek "sloth" Diaz.
• Rahmin "ShoukR" Shoukoohi and coach Michael "MaestroMJ3" Bulostin have been released from Built By Gamers Academy Built By Gamers Academy Inactive BlackHeart Hasan Hammad monSi Ludovic Lefebvre khanartist Nabil Khan FireBallOps Cameron Tomaselli .
• / TSM Academy TSM Academy Inactive have brought in Anthony "venture" Ziade as their fifth player. He comes in to replace Carlo "Dcop" Delsol in the active lineup, who is reportedly joining FUSION FUSION Latin America North Rank #1 theory Daniel Esteban Albadan Cardozo Virtyy Leandro Moreno Mited Luis Gutierrez edu Darker Sebastián Castro Cicuamia Dcop Carlo Delsol in the LATAM North scene for the upcoming VCT Stage.
• Two stories from Case Esports Case Esports Europe Rank #12 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Kiles Vlad Shvets ease Manuel López roxie Povilas Krivelis Toki Maria Perez Yurii Salvador Gasco : The team parted ways with Alberto "neptuNo" González and announced its Game Changers team, Case Hydra Case Hydra Europe Rank #29 Annie Alba García mimi Miriam Afilal fReeze Rocío Cárdenas Toki Maria Perez Poetite Mercedes Goicoechea .
• / Sebastian "snikk" Kamiński has joined Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #7 Mixwell Oscar Cañellas AvovA Auni Chahade zeek Aleksander Zygmunt Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius keloqz Cista Wassim as the team's fifth player.
• / DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #20 xazyy Alejandro Giudice caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov feqew Lukas Petrauskas Zanx have officially parted ways with Umberto "mass3R" Artuso and Théo "10K" Navaro.
• All members of Alliance Alliance Inactive have been made inactive and are in search of new opportunities.
• Four members of FUT JEFF FUT JEFF Europe Rank #347 Lyda İlayda Güzeldere dati Damla Atila Julis Açelya Özgen River Irmak Peküz Liyan — matr1x , Cornelia "Neli" Johansson, Donia "nugget" Khaled, and Ece "Kuripuuya" Selin Balıkdere — have announced that they are in search of new opportunities outside the organization.
• / Evgeniy "Winteryrook" Lenko and Anis "Kheops" Mokrani have become the newest members of Geekay Esports Geekay Esports MENA Rank #2 Kheops Anis Mokrani Winteryrook Evgeniy Lenko Shalaby Mohamed Shalaby wayLander Jan Rahkonen Shehab Shehab Hany RockeT Ahmed Mohamed .
• Sharks Esports Sharks Esports Inactive gaabxx Gabriel Carli prozin Wallacy Sales KILLDREAM João Ferreira Addicted Eduardo Torres have benched their entire roster.
• Border Monsters Border Monsters Latin America North Rank #13 Josegxbo Jose Gabriel Quintana RAINMAKER Javier Cruz gr3eps Hernán Reyes nolan Nolan Martinez adi Marco Maureira have said goodbye to coach Juan "Daykiry" Garcia.
• Shoki "Pepper" Banjo and Seigi "Ask" Yamamoto have been officially released from IGZIST IGZIST Japan Rank #12 Norisen Yusuke Shima GangPin Chae Jung-moo thiefy Masato Tsujita oitaN Masayuki Takahashi RIPablo Shuma Ikeda
• NORTHEPTION NORTHEPTION Japan Rank #5 BlackWiz Kohei Mikami TenTen Derialy Daichi Doi Moothie Yoo Seung-Woo (유승우) wai have rounded out their roster with Derialy .
• Maru Gaming Maru Gaming Korea Rank #7 Persia Yang Zi-on (양쯔온) Hermes Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱) Felix Park Hyeon-ho (박현호) Secret Kim Ha-jin (김하진) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) have welcomed former Team T5 Team T5 Korea Rank #18 단하나 kaze ELCbis Jr Redwater877 player Moves to their team. His addition leaves the team with one vacant spot to fill.
• / Talon Esports Talon Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #4 Sushiboys Panyawat Subsiriroj foxz Itthirit Ngamsaard Crws Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut Patt Patiphan Chaiwong JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam garnetS Apiwat Apiraksukumal , a storied esports organization in the APAC region, have announced their six-man roster.
• BLEED BLEED Asia-Pacific Rank #2 sScary Nutchapon Matarat Deryeon Derrick Yee Juicy Tyler James Aeria nephh Marcus Tan crazyguy Ngô Công Anh have announced that Lee "LEXY" Jun Hao Xavier has returned to their active roster.
• Fancy United Esports Fancy United Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #7 YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt Hyzee Võ Nhựt Huy n1zzy Nguyễn Tấn Thành WUKONG Nguyễn Văn Thiện f1cio Hoàng Ngọc Sơn gin Phan Văn Gin have added Le "Redneval" Quốc Khánh to their team, increasing their roster count to seven. Earlier this week he was released by his previous team, CERBERUS Esports CERBERUS Esports Inactive viness Nguyễn Trung Tín Layla Hoàng Đức Hùng tinggg2k5 Dường Mạnh Thắng .
• / True Rippers True Rippers Asia-Pacific Rank #43 Techno Shravana Kumar Sahoo Pixelzz Aditya Gulhane Aryu Philip Vergara d1srupt Nereus Lico Kaizen Chogyal Bhutia Whimp Saaransh Dang have welcomed DaFi to their team as a coach.
• SCYTES SCYTES MENA Rank #22 hoveRR Yaser Akkad Foxy Blitz M7MD Peps Ali Marashi have rounded out their roster with Ali "Peps" Marashi.
• / Team Occupy Team Occupy MENA Rank #11 Vandeta Electus Blittz TeNma SaQR Yassa Yassa George have added former Team Majesty Team Majesty MENA Rank #20 SN0KEER Nour Elbasha Alone Ahmed Taimour wLn Ahmed Shata Anoxai Anton Sobolev soloffg Vadim Solovyev player Taibi "Lyhnj" Youssef to their team as a coach.

Results & Standings

• Ghost Gaming Ghost Gaming Inactive koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio NiSMO Marc-Andre Tayar aproto Alex Protopapas brawk Brock Somerhalder johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid had an undefeated run in the April edition of the Knights Circuit Monthly, which ended in a victory over TSM TSM North America Rank #6 gMd Anthony Guimond seven Johann Hernandez NaturE Nicholas Garrison Kanpeki Eric Xu corey Corey Nigra in the grand finals.
• T1 T1 Korea Rank #16 iNTRO Kang Seung-gyun (강승균) xeta Son Seon-ho (손선호) Sayaplayer Ha Jeong-woo (하정우) ban Joseph Seungmin Oh Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) Carpe Lee Jae-hyeok (이재혁) claimed victory in the NSG Summer Championship Open 2 by defeating Knights Academy Knights Academy Inactive in the grand finals.
• together we are terrific together we are terrific Inactive c4Lypso Abdo Agha mummAy Anthony DiPaolo LeviathanAG Aleko Gabuniya PureR Bryce Lovell Andersin Andy Collins won the Toronto Valorant Viper's Pit $10K without dropping a map. Their tournament run culminated in a grand finals victory over VIRTUOSO VIRTUOSO Inactive King Aiden King Eley Zach Stauffer DBK Dylan Bazic-Kulangiev Blahst Nathan Brand snxper Louis Lama .
• XX Chromosome XX Chromosome Inactive proxima Aslıhan Uslu ness Neslişah Demir Gia Süreyya Bayel Ritha Zeynep Sualp Sephia Reyhan Şimşek finished in first place in the Rebels #1 playoffs without losing a single map. Their run ended in a 3-0 grand finals victory over Papara SuperMassive Female Papara SuperMassive Female Europe Unranked Julis Açelya Özgen schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül .
• The closed qualifier of the April edition of the Liga Gamers Club Série A concluded with Unemployed Unemployed Inactive francez Felipe Mello swag João Neto fooX rood Rodrigo Gomes forbanz defeating REiGN REiGN Brazil Rank #15 Siduzord Renan Siduoski Tooug ind1n rajadaJJ Champzera Joaquim Alves in the grand finals. They, alongside puGG puGG Inactive ind1n Tooug Igaum Higor Barbosa Siduzord Renan Siduoski Celin , Tuzzy E-Sports Tuzzy E-Sports Inactive lz Luiz Reche Zap Brenno Roberto vhz Vinicius Santana rhz pryze Luis-Henrique Viveiros , and ODDIK ODDIK Brazil Rank #9 bld Victor Junqueira Tisora Kauã Estefanini fzkk Leonardo Puertas fznnn Fernando Cerqueira jacobin Guilherme Jacob , have qualified for the main event.
• In the playoffs of The Esports Club Challenger Series, Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #9 hellff Sagnik Roy DEATHMAKER Debanjan Das Excali Karan Mhaswadkar doma Domagoj Fancev ec1s Adam Eccles , True Rippers True Rippers Asia-Pacific Rank #43 Techno Shravana Kumar Sahoo Pixelzz Aditya Gulhane Aryu Philip Vergara d1srupt Nereus Lico Kaizen Chogyal Bhutia Whimp Saaransh Dang , and Reckoning Esports Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #32 Mast3r Varun Menon hvoya Aleksandr Eremin flabben Daniil Merzlyakov Harshhh Harsh Arora Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar remain in the upper bracket following their wins over Lethal Esports Lethal Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #76 khelthuzad Shahul Hameed LuciA Anil Kumar sh1vy Shivam Ajmani Rossi Kiran Rossi Marzil Agneya Koushik , M42 Esports M42 Esports Inactive HyPer Shelin Patel V3nom Ankit Panth RiX Aakash More , and Medal Esports Medal Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #46 FOX Tanmay Verma godvexy Sameer Sharma DcRulz Daivik Chauhan tricky Prish Valvani jEEE Emmanuel Jonathan Buenavidez ezzy Rishabh Gupta Kakarot Oscar Farin Jr. respectively. Matches will resume tomorrow, April 23 with Revenant Esports Revenant Esports Inactive Paradox Kasif Sayyed JoshS Joshua Miles Santos Ching Enrico Perez rite2ace Tejas Sawant 1TaPGoD Sahil Duble blackhawk Shailesh Dalvi taking on Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #17 Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan .
• The first week of the LPL Summer Cup Legends 2022 group stage saw BOBO BOBO Inactive Nozz Noah McClafferty DRAGON Nicholas Aleksandrovsky Yifang Yifang Chen Crunchy Ethan Laker pl1xx Chris Li , KRAKEN ESC KRAKEN ESC Inactive sungy pyua Kyuu Daniel Seo Art , Bonkers Bonkers Inactive SWERL Ali Kobraee punda Lachlan Bamford Ciko Ben Easterbrook Minimise Jackson White WAT Lewis Watson M1kE Michael Smith , and HONEY BADGERS HONEY BADGERS Inactive Noobster xue Jesse Tang MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari JELLYD Angelo Diaz Maple Elvin Sun win their matches against Funcrew Funcrew Oceania Rank #2 skrawl Justin Lanzon norsin Norsin Yawanis andy LEW Luis Hibbert Fweshest Christian Bartolillo , Gungahlin Warriors Gungahlin Warriors Inactive Moshu raymen Senti3nt Lax Lehgzy , East LA East LA Inactive Suave Matteo Asido IKANA indie azoh Aidan Harris exempt Carlos Pupo Nation Joshua Penman , and WithYouWithMe WithYouWithMe Inactive Yuna Martin Nguyen binjo Prophet Marsh William Marshall respectively.
• The open qualifier of the second stage of the Oceania Tour has concluded, and BOBO BOBO Inactive Nozz Noah McClafferty DRAGON Nicholas Aleksandrovsky Yifang Yifang Chen Crunchy Ethan Laker pl1xx Chris Li , Mindfreak Mindfreak Inactive tensai Benny Phan soju Jay Jeong Dutti Sudhish Dutt Chax Chax Stipanovic , Catgirls Catgirls Inactive kyoto Dylan B Autumn Kale Dunne SWERL Ali Kobraee pl1xx Chris Li LEW Luis Hibbert ninim John Slayo , HONEY BADGERS HONEY BADGERS Inactive Noobster xue Jesse Tang MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari JELLYD Angelo Diaz Maple Elvin Sun , Bonkers Bonkers Inactive SWERL Ali Kobraee punda Lachlan Bamford Ciko Ben Easterbrook Minimise Jackson White WAT Lewis Watson M1kE Michael Smith , Iconic Iconic Inactive Cliqahh punda Lachlan Bamford pan1K Tyson Missak xsus Raymond Wang ESUH TOUT , and Funcrew Funcrew Oceania Rank #2 skrawl Justin Lanzon norsin Norsin Yawanis andy LEW Luis Hibbert Fweshest Christian Bartolillo have all qualified for the group stage. Group stage competition begins next week, on April 30.

Other News & Rumors

• Jakub "frs" Czapran has reported on a number of moves happening in various VRL teams. The reported moves include Movistar Riders Movistar Riders Europe Rank #91 Navarrete Andreu Navarro Blasco Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho dimaxx Dmytro Paliy saiko Kacper Kucharski Pando looking to round out their roster with Mikołaj "Mickebwoy" Chojnacki and Bence "szimpli" Soós, DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #20 xazyy Alejandro Giudice caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov feqew Lukas Petrauskas Zanx adding Alexandr "SimonD4rk" Skovbel and finalizing David "Davidp" Prins, and Arctic Arctic Inactive bringing on Rui "VTaguT" Ribeiro and Jere "synsi" Virtanen.
• According to a report from Bo Hoogland, Keyd Stars Keyd Stars Brazil Rank #4 pollo Julio Silva liazzi Felipe Galiazzi krain Gustavo Melara pleets Marcelo Leite flainzz Felipe Saldanha are in early discussions to sell Olavo "heat" Marcelo later this year. He has not been moved off the active roster for the upcoming VCT qualifiers, however.