It's been over a year since the first edition of News Almost Missed premiered, and we're still going strong. Still, here's a list of headlines from this past week that you might have missed.
This week's edition covers news from July 9 - July 15.
- Read more: News Almost Missed July 8
Roster Changes
- SoaR SoaR Inactive epathy Ngawang Chonjor fiziq Lucas Blow v1c Victor Truong Trill Ashley Powell recently revealed that they would be temporarily departing the competitive Valorant scene.
- Lynn was recently benched from Gen.G Black Gen.G Black Inactive Kazler Calvrix IssaNina kasumu kazz Kassandra Shire heist rose and announced that she would be looking for new opportunities in Valorant and CS:GO with fully female and co-ed rosters.
- According to Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #4 N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid team leader Shahzeb "ShahZaM" Khan, in light of the additions of Michael "shroud" Grzesiek and Jordan "Zellsis" Montemurro to the team's roster for the LCQ, Eric "Kanpeki" Xu has been moved out of the active roster to the team's bench.
- Muhtadi "b0ssy" Al-Sammarraee announced that he had been released from Cloud9 Academy Cloud9 Academy Inactive geeza Tanner McGhee nillyaz Chase Linder .
- / BASILISK BASILISK Inactive royal Matthew Buick Jangler Dwaine Kirkpatrick rounded out their roster with former YFP Gaming YFP Gaming North America Rank #13 jakee Jake Anderson stellar Brenden McGrath penny Erik Penny thief Brady Dever fiziq Lucas Blow player Alex "Lin" Gariépy.
- TSM X TSM X Inactive athxna Mirna Noureldin mle Emily Peters dodonut Karnthida Chaisrakeo bungee April Haight Ellie Elena Garland said goodbye to Catherine "cath" Leroux.
- / Salah "salah" Barakat and Joseph "Strong" Edwards joined OG LDN UTD OG LDN UTD Inactive as head coach and assistant coach respectively. The duo's departure from Akrew Akrew Inactive gucc107 Andrew Gutnichenko Neon Austin Hedge Paincakes Jake Hass jovahnii Jovanni Miramontes ZachaREEE Zachary Lombardo leaves the team without any coaches.
- Mandatory Mandatory Europe Rank #27 CyvOph Clement Millard HyP Damien Souville thebigfiz Julien Auberton AKUMAAAAA Alex Lo Bello Goaster Tony Richard parted ways with Tom "APO" Bonnion.
- / DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #4 caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki head coach Enrico "Sytu" Bonfiglioli announced that he departed the team and is now a free agent.
- / NOM Esports NOM Esports Europe Rank #92 Chadi Farsang Balázs saw the departures of Mathias "matti" Nielsen and head coach yaotziN. this past week.
- / Dawid "Filu" Czarnecki and Stanislav "Eso177" Nikolov both revealed that their contracts with UCAM Esports Club UCAM Esports Club Europe Rank #15 Flickless Karel Maeckelbergh bucher Maximilian Bucher Quick Fabián Pereira YuNo Eloy García Burgueño were ending, and that they were in search of new opportunities.
- Natus Vincere Celestials Natus Vincere Celestials Inactive Lateu Hilal Yaşar Anva Nehir Dinçer Miyori Eylül Sudem Sarıoğlu Sephia Reyhan Şimşek proxima Aslıhan Uslu signed the core of the former FUT Female FUT Female Inactive Lyda İlayda Güzeldere rezq Eda Naz Akçocuk squad and announced Mert "KEY" Çelebi as the team's head coach.
- Emre "JN3v1cE" Bekçe and Ibrahim "SouhcNi" Sağır both announced that they were looking for new opportunities while still under contract with Fire Flux Esports Fire Flux Esports Europe Rank #16 .
- Papara SuperMassive Female Papara SuperMassive Female Inactive Julis Açelya Özgen schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül increased their player count to six with the addition of Açelya "Julis" Özgen.
- Fenerbahçe Esports Fenerbahçe Esports Europe Rank #194 DeadInk Utku Onur Aydin Yigox cacan Mert Çaçan said goodbye to Mustafa "sian" Tabakoglu.
- Lucas "Shuren" Silva announced his exit from Stars Horizon Stars Horizon Inactive flainzz Felipe Saldanha pollo Julio Silva .
- / 9z Team 9z Team Inactive deigara Gonzalo Funes Tuli Giulliano Pozo Massone rubkkoide Facundo Chavez mizu Gabriel Gonzalez david David Olivares parted ways with HANLING and Tomás "suther" Zurita.
- / Skull Cracker Quartz Skull Cracker Quartz Inactive Lied Andrehs Rage Eliana Avila bid farewell to Andrehs and Supiree as the duo joined FUSION X FUSION X Latin America North Rank #20 Dano Lied Tura Tastyy .
- Incheon On Sla2ers Incheon On Sla2ers Korea Rank #29 VaNish XirZz said goodbye to Kim "zunba" Joon-hyuk (김준혁), who was departing competing temporarily to complete his required South Korean military service.
- NAOS NAOS Asia-Pacific Rank #4 xavi8k Xavier Juan JA John Timothy Arone Mojer Jerome Literal Emman Emmanuel Morales Nexi Nathaniel Cabero bolstered their roster with NDG and Mojer .
- / Alpha Esports Pro Alpha Esports Pro Inactive Yort Troy Hiramia d0rf Phạm Huỳnh Toàn Quốc gin Phan Văn Gin Ching Enrico Perez ChrisM Christian Rosquillo team captain Enrico "Ching" Perez announced that the roster had parted ways with the organization, but are continuing to stick together as a team. This announcement came shortly after the organization announced that it would be ceasing operations.
- / Omar "chrollo" Hussein and Kirill "moner" Matsanov both announced that they had departed XPLDZ XPLDZ Inactive .
- YaLLa Esports YaLLa Esports Inactive ShawateRR Mohammad Yousef Near Fahad Salem Kitkat Mohamed Alnuaimi B4HA Baha Mohamad Oqap ISSAA Issa Murad VIPP33R Omar Adwan bid farewell to Ayman "Tuna" Mosaad, who was transferring to Bravado Gaming Bravado Gaming Inactive to round out their roster.
Results & Standings
- NSG Summer Championship Open 12 winner: Knights Knights Inactive | runner-up: Akrew Akrew Inactive gucc107 Andrew Gutnichenko Neon Austin Hedge Paincakes Jake Hass jovahnii Jovanni Miramontes ZachaREEE Zachary Lombardo
- / BLEED Summer Open main event winner: Gaimin Gladiators Gaimin Gladiators Inactive FREY Ingram Tan dzii Daven Cheong STYRON Tidus Goh nephh Marcus Tan artn Ayrton Soh | runner-up: NAOS NAOS Asia-Pacific Rank #4 xavi8k Xavier Juan JA John Timothy Arone Mojer Jerome Literal Emman Emmanuel Morales Nexi Nathaniel Cabero
- Oceania Tour Championship winner: ORDER ORDER Inactive WRONSKI Michael Wronski rDeeW Riley Wilkinson Texta Matthew O’Rourke disk0 Cameron Mac Maple Elvin Sun | runner-up: BOBO BOBO Oceania Rank #5 M1kE Michael Smith Exirst loubert Nozz Noah McClafferty Muzz
Other News & Rumors
- Riot have issued a competitive ruling against yae for boosting-related offenses. Additionally, they will not be able to compete in any Riot events for three months.
- According to Bo "BoDork" Hoogland, REIGNITE REIGNITE Japan Rank #22 player Yeom "eKo" Wang-ryong (염왕룡) is close to joining Incheon On Sla2ers Incheon On Sla2ers Korea Rank #29 VaNish XirZz as their fourth player. A fifth was not unconfirmed, nor were any candidates named, but trials were noted as ongoing for the final member.