Stage 2 Challengers competition is nearing its conclusion, but that didn't stop the rest of the Valorant world from creating new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week.

This week's edition covers news from June 4 - June 10.

• Read more: News Almost Missed June 3

Roster Changes

• Reid "x0tek" Johnson has become the new head coach of Cloud9 White Cloud9 White Inactive Bob Bob Tran alexis Alexis Guarrasi Jazzyk1ns Jasmine Manankil katsumi Katja Pfahnl meL Melanie Capone .
• Leah "LeahPanda" Nemchin-Cossman has departed TSM X TSM X Inactive athxna Mirna Noureldin mle Emily Peters dodonut Karnthida Chaisrakeo bungee April Haight Ellie Elena Garland after over a year with the organization.
• Wave Esports Wave Esports Inactive SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel Click Haydem Ali Saiz Daniel Ruiz have brought in Dragan "elllement" Milanović and Alexander "mizuN" Katok as stand-ins for their last few matches in the second season of DACH: Evolution. They will be replacing Haydem "Click" Ali and Vladislav "Bgg" Boev, who have been benched.
• Rebels Velvet Rebels Velvet Europe Rank #40 have parted ways with Paula "Paula" Moreno González.
• / Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #4 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen PROFEK Dawid Święć Derke Nikita Niko Sirmitev Chronicle Timofey Khromov Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu have benched head coach Tanishq "Tanizhq" Sabharwal after comments made towards Karmine Corp Karmine Corp Europe Rank #6 dos9 Zhumagali Dastan LewN Burak Alkan Avez Hazem Khaled SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin N4RRATE Marshall Massey assistant coach Ahmed "ZE1SH" El Sheikh gained traction on Twitter. While Riot and Freaks4U conduct an investigation into the matter, analyst Harry "Gorilla" Mepham has been promoted to head coach of the team.
• Farsang "Chadi" Balázs and Kornel "arbie" Holecz have announced that their contracts with iPon Esport iPon Esport Inactive Kwixy Patrik Liesinger WAKUZ Bence Kondás TRuve Peter Bozsó have expired, and that they have officially become free agents.
• / In light of recent events with Team Divinity Team Divinity Inactive kENZ Andrey Efimov ALLIN Ivan Yukin Tian Vadim Filkin Edelweiss Dmitrii Koblov Optimist George Kazmin and the team's inability to compete in the Valorant East finals, Vadim "Tian" Filkin has joined Ramboot Club Ramboot Club Europe Rank #125 luky Vašek Václav Jan Stezka Shaimon Hazard Dominik Farkaš in the Spanish Regional League until the conclusion of the season.
• Galatasaray Esports Galatasaray Esports Europe Rank #60 WerlasS Metin Ünal windett Ardıç Göksu Güner Padisah Onur Dönmez JrayN Ferhat Yılmaz have reinforced their roster with former Inactive player Cenk "CombatRy" Ersahin.
• Parla Esports Parla Esports Inactive Jlerst Naci Enes Yıldırım sociablEE Volkan Yonal lauress Toprak Kaynak Ruxic Uğur Güç jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent have increased their player count to six with the addition of Anıl "nekky" Dağdeviren.
• Engin "goddwana" Balci has revealed that he has departed the Fire Flux organization and shift his focus to content creation. He was previously a coach for the organization's male and female teams.
• Sangal Rebels Sangal Rebels Inactive Anva Nehir Dinçer Miyori Eylül Sudem Sarıoğlu dociless Sude Sancak Narcius Kamila EKİN are down to three active members plus substitute player Kamila "Narcius" EKİN following the departure of Beyza "Panamera" Özen.
• Sharks Esports Sharks Esports Inactive gaabxx Gabriel Carli prozin Wallacy Sales KILLDREAM João Ferreira Addicted Eduardo Torres have officially parted ways with Gabriel "gaabxx" Carli.
• A story from late last week, Keyd Stars Keyd Stars Inactive have added Pedro "ole" Orlandini to their team as an assistant coach.
• / Simão "KenzmPs" Azevedo has announced that his time with Team Vikings Team Vikings Inactive Veroneze Vinícius Ribeiro Ds Daniel Silva swag João Neto pollo Julio Silva has come to a close, and that he is now a free agent.
• / EBRO Gaming EBRO Gaming Inactive Kardash Mateo Verni Liu Haitam pepzet CrayZ nachitt Juan Ignacio Palesi have bolstered their roster with Kardash and coach moura .
• / BLEED Academy BLEED Academy Inactive have announced Abhishek "GodspeedxD" Bajaj as the team's coach.
• / Ayesha "Skel" Samman has announced that she has departed the roster of Orangutan X Orangutan X Inactive Japips Jefferlynne Hernandez Erumaa Elmarian Haessel CaspeR Neha Sottany Twirly Sway and is in search of a new team as a free agent.
• / BOBO BOBO Inactive MIKE Michael Smith Nozz Noah McClafferty rDeeW Riley Wilkinson Crunchy Ethan Laker punda have unveiled their full roster, featuring new members Chris "NiceHacks" Wahle and Sword as player and coach respectively. This announcement comes after Nick "tixx" Quinn announced that he would be stepping down from the roster due to personal reasons.

Results & Standings

• NSG Summer Championship 2022 Chicago Scrims LAN winner: Zero MarksMen Black Zero MarksMen Black Inactive Tim Timothy Braun Blahst Nathan Brand yiinel Elias Soto Nanners Anderson Lutkehus | runner-up: Native Gaming Native Gaming Inactive reltuC Stephen Cutler
• NSG Summer Championship Open 9 winner: Lenny Time Lenny Time Inactive renz Austin Dickman MOCKING furbsa Shawn12590 Shawn O'Riley curry Rahul Nemani | runner-up: NYFU NYFU Inactive oderus Chad Miller YaBoiDre Diondre Bond ShoT_UP Andrew Orlowski neptune Jason Tran JSUNG Jason Sung
• Fragleague Cup #7 winner: Human Tripwires Human Tripwires Inactive Dev0 Corey Brame MaximN Maxim Nonglaire ReQz Hieu Moss chanformer Joshua Chan Bully | runner-up: NÖFFEN NÖFFEN Inactive William William Grenbäck DH Dylan Hamrini speedy puggy Anton af Bjur rasmus Rasmus Karlsson
• Protocolo Gêneses 2022 Open Qualifier 4 winner: Team Liquid Brazil Team Liquid Brazil Brazil Rank #57 Jelly Julia Iris Bizerra Vitoria Vieira Joojina Letícia Paiva isaa Isabeli Esser daiki Natalia Vilela | runner-up: TBK Esports GC TBK Esports GC Inactive shyz Luisa Minarelli Daniops Daniela Cristini Bizerra Vitoria Vieira gabee
• / Stage 2 Challengers LATAM Playoffs qualified teams (LATAM North): FUSION FUSION Latin America North Rank #4 gioØ2x ScrewFace Kyle Jensen aproto Alex Protopapas Weegle Brendan Taylor vandals , E-Xolos LAZER E-Xolos LAZER Inactive Cebando Ezequiel Ramos Mited Luis Gutierrez
• Stage 2 Challengers Japan Week 2 playoff qualified teams: Inactive , Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon Inactive , Jadeite Jadeite Inactive , BLUE BEES.ESP BLUE BEES.ESP Japan Rank #17 EscO keisu kuro Lafura
• FGC VALORANT Invitational 2022 Act 2 winner: EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #4 ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunzhi (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) Jieni7 Zhang Juntai (张君泰) stew Park Young-chan (박영찬) | runner-up: KONE eSports Club KONE eSports Club Inactive sword9 Li Wei (李卫) yosemite Wang Lei (王磊) Knight Liu Yuxiang (刘宇翔) Ninebody Ding Yi (丁毅) LuoK1ng Zhang Zhanpeng (张展鹏)
• Game Changers APAC Open 4 winner: Alter Ego Celeste Alter Ego Celeste Inactive Alluka Tiara Bonilla Pleno Eisberg July Kusuma enerii Odella Abraham Ayumiii Nurul Aini nabbsky Nabila Sulthana | runner-up: Team SMG GC Team SMG GC Inactive enerii Odella Abraham Alexy Alexy Francisco shirazi Kelly Jaudian Kamiyu Camille Enriquez
• Skyesports Champions Series playoffs winner: Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #4 PatMen Patrick Mendoza UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov xavi8k Xavier Juan Autumn Kale Dunne | runner-up: Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan Xan Ng artn Ayrton Soh

Other News & Rumors

• Following an initial report that Version1 Version1 Inactive were set to bench Alexander "zander" Dituri, Dot Esports reporter George Geddes has provided an update that zander will remain with the team for the time being.
• According to Bo "BoDork" Hoogland, a host of Chinese organizations are looking to invest in teams in Hong Kong and Taiwan due to Chinese teams not being guaranteed a spot in Valorant's 2023 franchise esports model. One of the teams noted as eyeing a Hong Kong/Taiwanese squad was Invictus Gaming.