The 2025 edition of the Esports World Cup is underway with hundreds of teams from around the world competing.

This year’s event will feature a record-breaking $70 million (£52m) prize pool spread across 25 different esports tournaments.

The largest contributor is the $27m (£19.9m) Club Championship, which rewards the best-performing organisation across all EWC events.

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This championship causes teams to further invest in esports, expanding into new genres like FPS, MOBAs, or even mobile games.

Continue reading How does the Esports World Cup $27m Club Championship work?

For the first time ever, Riot Games’ Valorant will be part of the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Sixteen of the world’s strongest teams are competing for the lion’s share of the $1.25million (£924,000) prize pool.

And that is just a drop in the ocean of the EWC 2025’s record-breaking $70m (£52m) total prize pool.

It’s also a great opportunity for silverware so soon after the conclusion of Valorant Masters Toronto.

Continue reading How to bet on Valorant at the Esports World Cup 2025 – EWC betting guide

Rumours and leaks are still circulating as football fans eagerly await EA Sports’ announcement of EA FC 26.

Now, there is talk that EA Sports is in talks with FIFA to secure the official World Cup 2026 license for their upcoming game.

It would be surprising considering EA’s strained relationship with FIFA, hence why we’re stuck with the ridiculous EA FC name.

EXCLUSIVE 🚨 EA are trying to get the license for the ‘FIFA World Cup 2026’ for EA SPORTS FC 26.

Continue reading EA FC 26 rumoured to have licensed World Cup mode

Tickets for the Grand Finals weekend of Valorant Champions Paris are set to go on general sale on Tuesday, July 15th.

The Mastercard presale went live earlier today, while the Riot ID verified sale will commence tomorrow at 11am BST.

Valorant Champions Paris will be the culmination of the 2025 season as the best teams from around the world compete for the title.

Set your alarms, Champions Paris tickets go on sale TOMORROW.

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Former Nord Esports bot laner, Nihat ‘Innaxe’ Aliev, has announced they’ll be taking a break from competitive play.

The news comes after Nord Esports’ roster shuffle heading into the Summer season of the Northern League of Legends Championship (NLC).

The Bulgarian-British player will hope to return to professional play for the 2026 season.

Nord Esports roster changes

After falling short to Los Ratones twice within the span of weeks, Nord Esports have decided to adjust for the coming season.

Continue reading Innaxe to take competitive break after Nord Esports roster changes

Britain’s Valorant legend, Jake ‘Boaster’ Howlett had luck on his side in and outside of the server at EWC as Fnatic advanced 2-0 through the so-called Group of Death.

Fnatic defeated 100T in a tight BO1 13-11 victory on Icebox. The roster lost control of the series after a 9-3 first half, but got it over the line. Against Gen.G, it was the Koreans’ turn to lose a 9-3 lead, as Fnatic rallied to take the first map in overtime before going back to Icebox, where they looked comfortable in a 13-7 victory.

Continue reading Boaster pulls Gardevoir, advances to Valorant EWC 2025 playoffs

The top three teams of Group A have been decided at the Equal Esports Cup (EEC) Group Stage and will proceed into the Playoffs.

Meanwhile, Group B is set to finish in fireworks to determine the teams heading to the Playoffs.

British stars on Supernova Comets and Solary Academy will face off to secure their place and put the other at risk of elimination.

Group A finalised at Equal Esports Cup

Day 4 of the EEC was the nail in the coffin for Group A as the top three teams secured their place in the Playoffs.

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One of the world’s best tennis players, Taylor Fritz, has confirmed he has an impressive rank in League of Legends.

The American is ranked number five in men’s tennis and recently qualified for this year’s Wimbledon Semi-final.

There, he will face off against the winner of British star Cameron Norrie versus the reigning Wimbledon champion, Carlos Alcaraz.

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Now, Fritz has confirmed in an Instagram comment that he is also Emerald 3 in LoL, putting him above well over 80% of the game’s player base.

Continue reading Wimbledon Semi-finalist Taylor Fritz is in the top 12% of LoL players

Marc ‘Caedrel’ Lamont interviewed Anyone’s Legend head coach Wong ‘Tabe’ Pak Kan live in Vancouver at MSI 2025. In a wide-ranging discussion with topics that ranged from draft discussions to managing player emotion, Tabe revealed his team’s relentless schedule and how EU LoL can recover from its competitive nadir.

Anyone’s Legend’s brutal practice schedule

Following discussion of AL’s MSI victory over CFO, Caedrel asked Anyone’s Legend’s practice schedule. Caedrel asked the Chinese coach, “In Europe, we do maybe one or two blocks a day of scrims, in China, how many blocks of scrims do you do?”

The AL head coach replied, “We are a very hard-working team.

Continue reading Anyone’s Legend coach reveals gruelling scrim schedule to Caedrel; Has advice for EU LoL

An additional fourth team from South Korea will compete at this year’s League of Legends (LoL) World Championship.

The extra team slot is a result of the efforts of T1 and GenG victories at this year’s Mid-Season Invitational (MSI).

MSI continues with Bilibili Gaming going up against FlyQuest in the lower bracket of the tournament.

T1 and GenG persevere at MSI

Teams from South Korea’s LoL Champions Korea (LCK) were slated as tournament favourites.

Continue reading T1 and GenG secure additional LCK slot at Worlds 2025