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Karmine Corp, Dplus set to face off in Esports World Cup LOL finalKarmine Corp and Dplus will face off in the finals of the League of Legends event at the Esports World Cup in Paris on Sunday after winning their respective semifinals Saturday.,Karmine Corp pulled out a 2-1 defeat of T1, while Dplus outlasted Gen.G Esports for a 2-1 win. The two losing teams will o...

T1, Karmine Corp, Gen.G, Dplus move on to LOL World Cup semisT1, Karmine Corp, Gen.G Esports and Dplus are the final four teams standing in the Esports World Cup League of Legends tournament.,Those four clubs won their quarterfinal matches Friday in Paris to advance to the semifinals taking place Saturday. They're two wins away from lifting the trophy at the ...

AG.AL, Gen.G, Bilibili, Hanwha Life barge into LOL World Cup quartersAG.AL International, Gen.G, Bilibili Gaming and Hanwha Life claimed the top four spots in the quarterfinals during League of Legends action at the Esports World Cup on Thursday in Paris.,Each of those teams won one-off upper-bracket finals in the group stage to punch their tickets to the final eight...

Four teams ousted on first day of LoL competition at Esports World Cup

FURIA, Team Secret, Movistar KOI and LYON were all eliminated from contention with a pair of group-play losses on the first day of League of Legends competition at the Esports World Cup in Paris on Wednesday.,FURIA was eliminated from Group A with losses to G2 Esports and Dplus. Team Secret was elim...

G2 Esports grab final IEM Cologne playoff spot in nail-biter

With one playoff spot left, G2 Esports and Natus Vincere played like two teams on the brink of elimination -- which they were -- providing one of the best matches of the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major on Monday in Germany.,And despite dropping the first map, it was G2 emerging with the win, tak...

Team Vitality, The MongolZ advance to CS:GO semis at Esports World Cup

Team Vitality and The MongolZ each advanced into the semifinals of the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in Day 2 action on Thursday.,Team Vitality and The MongolZ will face off in a semifinal on Saturday, with the winner advancing to the champio...

IOC launches esports Olympics in Saudi Arabia

The International Olympic Committee is launching the Olympic Esports Games 2025, with the competition to be held in Saudi Arabia.,The IOC made the announcement Friday in conjunction with the National Olympic Committee of Saudi Arabia.,It is the latest foray into sports for Saudi Arabia, which funds ...

IOC to seek approval for esports Olympics

The International Olympic Committee will ask members to approve the creation of an esports Olympics.,IOC president Thomas Bach said Friday from Lausanne, Switzerland, that the time has come to expand the Olympic reach to include esports. Such an event would likely draw a younger audience to the Olym...