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Team Vitality tops FaZe Clan in grand final at StarLadder Budapest Major
Team Vitality defeated FaZe Clan on Sunday to win the grand final and claim the $500,000 first prize at the StarLadder Budapest Major in Hungary.,FaZe Clan won the opening match of the best-of-five grand final over Team Vitality but dropped the next three in a row and had to settle for the $170,000 ...

Team Vitality, FaZe Clan reach grand final at StarLadder Budapest Major
Team Vitality and FaZe Clan won their respective semifinal matches on Saturday to advance to Sunday's grand final at the StarLadder Budapest Major in Hungary.,Team Vitality swept Team Spirit 2-0, while FaZe Clan went the distance to beat Natus Vincere 2-1 to advance and compete for a $500,000 grand ...

FaZe Clan, Natus Vincere fill out semis at StarLadder Budapest Major
FaZe Clan swept MOUZ and Natus Vincere got past FURIA in the two remaining quarterfinal matches at the StarLadder Budapest Major on Friday in Hungary.,FaZe and NaVi will square off in the semifinals Saturday, with Team Spirit and Team Vitality playing the other semi first. Those four are the last on...

Spirit, Vitality roll into semis at StarLadder Budapest Major
Team Spirit and Team Vitality cruised into the semifinals of the StarLadder Budapest Major by sweeping their respective quarterfinal matches on Thursday in Hungary.,Spirit defeated Team Falcons 2-0 and Vitality crushed The MongolZ by the same score to open the eight-team, single-elimination playoff ...

Natus Vincere, FaZe, Falcons earn final spots in Budapest Major playoffs
Natus Vincere, FaZe Clan and Team Falcons were the final three teams to punch their tickets to the StarLadder Budapest Major playoffs with their do-or-die Round 5 victories on Sunday in Hungary.,Natus Vincere swept B8 2-0, FaZe Clan beat Passion UA by the same score and Team Falcons rallied past G2 ...

MOUZ, Vitality, MongolZ in StarLadder Budapest Major playoffs
MOUZ, Team Vitality and The MongolZ qualified for the StarLadder Budapest Major playoffs, winning fourth-round high matches in Stage 3 on Saturday in Hungary.,Team Vitality swept Natus Vincere, MOUZ defeated Team Falcons 2-1 and The MongolZ swept G2 Esports. ,In fourth-round low matches, there were ...

FURIA, Spirit advance to StarLadder Budapest Major playoffs
Team Spirit and FURIA became the first two teams to qualify for the StarLadder Budapest Major playoffs, winning third-round high matches in Stage 3 on Friday in Hungary.,Spirit edged MOUZ 2-1 before FURIA swept G2 Esports 2-0.,In third-round mid matches, The MongolZ downed FaZe Clan 13-7 on Mirage, ...

MOUZ, Team Spirit, FURIA, G2 start Stage 3 strong in Budapest
MOUZ, Team Spirit, FURIA and G2 Esports separated themselves from the pack to kick off Stage 3 of the StarLadder Budapest Major event in Hungary on Thursday.,Those teams, who were among the eight clubs to receive byes directly into Stage 3, won their Round 1 and Round 2 matches Thursday to advance t...

Passion UA sneak into Stage 3 at StarLadder Budapest Major
Passion UA rallied for a 2-1 win over M80 on Tuesday to earn one of the last three Stage 3 berths at the StarLadder Budapest Major event in Hungary.,In the other Round 5 matches in Stage 2, Team Liquid swept Astralis 2-0 and 3DMAX got past Ninjas in Pyjamas 2-0.,Thirty-two teams began play in the $1...

PARIVISION, Imperial, B8 move on at StarLadder Budapest Major
PARIVISION, Imperial Esports and B8 punched their tickets to Stage 3 of the StarLadder Budapest Major with victories Monday.,In the Round 4 High matches, PARIVISION swept Ninjas in Pyjamas 2-0, while Imperial outlasted M80 and B8 beat 3DMAX by 2-1 scores.,The losing sides have one more chance to adv...

FaZe, NaVi advance to Stage 3 of StarLadder Budapest Major
FaZe Clan and Natus Vincere became the first two teams to advance out of Stage 2 of the StarLadder Budapest Major on Sunday.,Both teams finished off 2-0 sweeps to clinch spots in Stage 3, with FaZe Clan coasting past Ninjas in Pyjamas and Natus Vincere sweeping B8.,Thirty-two teams began play in the...

Four teams jump to 2-0 starts in Stage 2 of StarLadder Budapest Major
FaZe Clan, Natus Vincere, B8 and Ninjas in Pyjamas won two matches apiece on Saturday to get off to a strong start in Stage 2 of the StarLadder Budapest Major.,Thirty-two teams began play in the $1.25 million Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event, which features three consecutive Swiss System stage...

FlyQuest, M80 advance out of first stage at Budapest Major
FlyQuest and M80 swept their Round 3 High matches on Tuesday to become the first two teams to advance to the second stage of the StarLadder Budapest Major.,FlyQuest steamrolled Fluxo, 13-1 on Overpass and 13-3 on Inferno. Australia's Declan "Vexite" Portelli had 30 kills and Romania's Iulian "regali...

FlyQuest, M80, Fluxo, NRG start 2-0 at StarLadder Budapest Major
FlyQuest was one of four teams to open the StarLadder Budapest Major with a pair of wins on Monday.,M80, Fluxo and NRG joined FlyQuest with 2-0 starts as the quartet moved into the Round 3 High matches in the opening stage of the $1.25 million tournament. Those four teams are now one win away from a...

WTA roundup: Qinwen Zheng returns to Palermo semifinals
Defending champion and top seed Qinwen Zheng of China defeated Romania's Jaqueline Cristian for the first time in three career matches in the Palermo Ladies Open quarterfinals on Friday in Italy.,Zheng didn't have to save a break point in the 6-1, 6-1 victory over seventh-seeded Cristian, who saved ...

WTA roundup: Rebecca Sramkova pulls off upset at Budapest
Slovakia's Rebecca Sramkova won a first-set tiebreaker and went on the 7-6 (4), 6-3 upset of No. 3 seed Xiyu Wang of China to advance to the quarterfinals of the Hungarian Grand Prix at Budapest.,Sramkova saved 10 of 12 break points in the victory, while converting four of 10.,Top-seeded Diana Shnai...

WTA roundup: Diane Parry reaches Palermo quarterfinals
Fourth-seeded Diane Parry advanced to her fourth tour-level quarterfinal this year with a 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-2 victory over Jil Teichmann on Wednesday at the Palermo Ladies Open in Italy.,Parry, of France, converted 7 of 10 break-point opportunities, to 3 of 8 for Switzerland's Teichmann, the 2019 Pale...

WTA roundup: Top seed Diana Shnaider notches win in Hungary
Top seed Diana Shnaider was extended to three sets in winning her first career match against Hungary's Fanny Stollar 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in first-round action Tuesday at the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest.,Russia's Shnaider, ranked 28th in the world, was 6 of 9 on break-point conversions, to 5 of 8 for ...

WTA roundup: Aliaksandra Sasnovich rallies for Budapest upset
Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus rallied for a 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 upset of No. 2 seed Viktoriya Tomova of Bulgaria in first-round action Monday at the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest.,Sasnovich converted seven of eight break points and advanced to face Russia's Maria Timofeeva, a 7-5, 7-6 (3) winner aga...

The NBA All-Hunk rankings would make George Clooney jealous
The NBA All-Hunk team was released Thursday, and I have to say, it was reassuring to discover that I have no idea what qualifies as attractive for men. It’s nothing against who’s hot or not. I’m just saying my needle isn’t moved one way or the other. ...