Valorant and former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) pro Kyrylo ‘ANGE1’ Karasov has announced he is retiring from competing.

The 35-year-old has had a storied career after competing in esports tournaments for 20 years, with his first appearance coming in 2006.

That is the same year that his Natus Vincere teammate, Emirhan ‘hiro’ Kat, was born.

The Ukrainian says he is now shifting his focus to coaching ahead of the VCT 2026 season.

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After reaching the Playoffs as popular underdogs, the M80 BLAST Open London journey came to an unfortunate end with their loss to MOUZ.

While M80 are forced to say goodbye to their trophy dreams, MOUZ must now face Team Vitality in a tough Semifinal. 

A short but sweet M80 BLAST journey: the “Cat and MOUZ” Quarterfinal 

The M80 BLAST campaign did not end without a fight. The best-of-three ran a full series thanks to M80’s Map 2 Mirage win. 

Despite the backing of a home crowd for M80 coach, Rory ‘dephh’ Jackson, MOUZ were firm favourites on Counter-Strike betting sites.

Continue reading The M80 BLAST London journey ends with MOUZ in tense Quarterfinal

Esports News UK spoke to Ádám ‘torzsi’ Torzsás to get his reflections after Mouz’s 2-1 victory over M80 at BLAST Open London.

Mouz move on to play Vitality in the Semi-Finals on Saturday.

A 2-1 victory against M80. Were you expecting M80 to put up such a fight?

I think they played pretty good, they also had a pretty good run to get here, they beat good teams to get here.

Continue reading torzsi: “Even if they boo us in the crowd, we don’t really care”

Finn ‘karrigan’ Andersen is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most versatile IGLs of all time, able to muster magic out of whatever pieces he is provided with. karrigan famously has won multiple events with stand-ins, most notably IEM Katowice 2022, where Justin ‘jks’ Savage stood in for multiple roles on FaZe’s way to Katowice glory.

Yet in 2025, FaZe and karrigan could not find the solutions within the game to make Jonathan ‘EliGE’ Jablonowski fit in a FaZe Clan that philosophically clashed with the methodical and structured style that EliGE brought with him.

Continue reading karrigan: “Now it’s back to the old FaZe Clan”

English EA FC pro Donovan ‘Tekkz’ Hunt has signed with RBZL Gaming for the EA FC 26 esports season.

The 24-year-old is one of the most popular players in the scene, with his YouTube channel close to 1 million subscribers.

It’s no surpirse that a new team picked him so soon after Tekkz left Manchester City Esports.

Meanwhile, RBZL are the gaming division of German Bundesliga football club Red Bull Leipzig.

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The English Football Association (FA) used texts from a Counter-Strike-themed group chat to accuse Lucas Paquetá of spot-fixing.

The West Ham midfielder was accused of intentionally getting yellow cards in four different Premier League matches to rig bets.

The FA alleged that 253 separate bettors put money on Paqueta being booked in at least one of those games, for a total profit of approximately £167k.

A 12-week court hearing threatened a lifetime ban for Paquetá, but an independent Regulatory Commission cleared him of any wrongdoing.

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EA FC 26 is just a few weeks away from release, with EA Sports promising a huge host of changes.

EA Sports claims that the new game has taken on more fan feedback than any previous game in the franchise.

That includes Career Mode, with the manager simulation mode undergoing a complete revamp.

However, one of the dullest parts of Career Mode has still been left untouched for EA FC 26.

Continue reading EA FC 26 hasn’t updated one of the most boring parts of Career Mode

Mason ‘Lake’ Sanderson emerged into the Tier 1 scene last July. Upon joining M80, Lake’s explosive aggression instantly marked him as a top talent in the NA scene – an unexpected emergence of talent in a scene that is rarely creating new stars.

The first season of 2025 saw Lake coming to terms with a Tier 1 who now knew his style, playing in a roster that struggled to perform for much of the season, but their BLAST Open London playoff berth showed both M80’s increased synergy with Jadan ‘HexT’ Postma and Lake’s return to form with victories over NaVi and fnatic.

Continue reading Lake on NA CS: “It’s probably worse than it ever has been”

MOUZ Ludvig ‘Brollan’ Brolin discusses the IGL perspective on Counter-Strike underdog rosters, tackling Team Vitality, and coordinating entry ahead of the BLAST Open Fall London 2025 tournament. 

Hannah Marie ZT reports:

“If you can get past Vitality, MOUZ are a favourite” – MOUZ have had a pretty consistent season with a lot of Playoffs, but often come up against Vitality.

Do you think this is the main challenge to MOUZ winning in London?

Continue reading MOUZ Brollan shares the IGL perspective on underdogs, Team Vitality, and entry frags at BLAST Open Fall London

Manchester City football club have released a brand new line of esports clothing based on the Premier League club’s kit.

The new esports jersey, made by Puma, is mostly the same as Man City’s home shirt but replaces the white stripe with a black one

The top was revealed by Dutch defender Nathan Ake while Manchester City’s official Twitter joked the kit had been put into dark mode.

Flip the switch… Dark mode activated.

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