News Almost Missed will be officially moving to Saturdays. Because of this change, another day of news will be covered in this issue. With that in mind, here's what you might have missed this past week in the Valorant world.

This week's edition covers news from July 23 - July 30.

• Read more: News Almost Missed July 22

Roster Changes

• / Cosmic Divide Cosmic Divide Inactive ChurmZ Corey Koch Tkaz Tyler Kazmierczak renz Austin Dickman tokyo Sebastien Lima syfi Samir Karimov rounded out their roster with Kevin "mina" Nguyen.
• / Nicholas "NaturE" Garrison, Noah "jcStani" Smith, and trial player Edmon "snirot" Ghanem all announced that Gen.G Gen.G Korea Rank #2 Lakia Kim Jong-min (김종민) ZynX Kim Dong-ha (김동하) Ash Ha Hyun-cheol (하현철) Karon Kim Won-tae (김원태) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) had allowed them to explore other options. As a result of this announcement, the team also pulled out of the third season of MEL Premiership.
• SHIFT SHIFT Inactive recently signed the roster of Resonate Resonate Inactive nabil velis Joe Velis yen contii Norman Yeung KHS .
• The three remaining members of Cloud9 Academy Cloud9 Academy Inactive geeza Tanner McGhee nillyaz Chase Linder —Chase "nillyaz" Linder, Michael "poiz" Possis, and Tanner "geeza" McGhee—revealed that the team had been dissolved, and that they were free agents. Head coach Gaël "vexel" Attal also announced that in light of the academy team's dissolution, he would be joining the main Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #8 Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong Zellsis Jordan Montemurro penny Erik Penny OXY Francis Hoang roster as a coach.
• After over two months with the organization, analyst Jovanni "Jovi" Vera revealed that he was no longer a part of OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming Inactive .
• / The Guard The Guard Inactive JonahP Jonah Pulice trent Trent Cairns neT Michael Bernet valyn Jacob Batio tex Ian Botsch welcomed former Sector One Sector One Inactive Alyx Alex Morrow poegii Yenthe Segers q Liam Hoek dash MaximN Maxim Nonglaire player Mateja "qpert" Mijovic to their team as assistant coach for the NA LCQ.
• / Following FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks 's win at Masters: Copenhagen, Sam "Forrest" Forrest revealed that his trial period as an analyst with the organization had come to a close.
• / Guild GC Guild GC Inactive Xaline Laure Mateos parted ways with head coach Emil "eMIL" Sandgren.
• / Felix "lyNxi" Björklund revealed that he was in search of new opportunities while still under contract with Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Inactive .
• / DSYRE DSYRE Inactive caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki assistant coach German "krueger" Yevseyev announced that he had departed the organization and was in search of a new team.
• / Team RA'AD Team RA'AD MENA Rank #3 Shniider Yousef Osama Depyro Nour Sherif YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes tomaszy Tomás Machado Sand Mark Emad coach Alessandro "Tenebra" Marenzi revealed that he was in search for other opportunities as a coach in any region.
• // Semyon "purp0" Borchev, head coach Vladimir "PNUKH" Chervov, and analyst Aleksandr "alexR" Kondratovitš all revealed that they had been released from XPLDZ XPLDZ Inactive , and are now free agents.
• Naci "Jlerst" Enes Yıldırım departed Papara SuperMassive Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #62 and joined Parla Esports Parla Esports Inactive Jlerst Naci Enes Yıldırım sociablEE Volkan Yonal lauress Toprak Kaynak Ruxic Uğur Güç jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent .
• // Undead Gaming have parted ways with their female roster. Going forward, the team will compete as NOORG NOORG Inactive peixinho azul frantastic Francisca Valenzuela Flossie chjna4q lya .
• FUSION FUSION Latin America North Rank #4 Sitolui Winter Mora Yaoming Juanito announced Darker as the newest member of their roster. Additionally, the team revealed that Luis "Wyz" Hernandez would be moving to a substitute position in the team.
• // Skull Cracker Quartz Skull Cracker Quartz Inactive Lied Andrehs Rage Eliana Avila revealed four new members: Tura , Lied , Kyarix , and GuterWoman .
• ZETA DIVISION GC ZETA DIVISION GC Inactive finalized their roster with romia , Moco , flappy , and aco .
• / IGZIST unveiled their full Game Changers squad, IGZIST Female IGZIST Female Inactive .
• / Sengoku Gaming announced their Game Changers roster. The team will compete under the name Sengoku Gaming GC Sengoku Gaming GC Inactive Ribon PingSong Aria SamechadeuS .
• / NORTHEPTION revealed their Game Changers team, NORTHEPTION Female NORTHEPTION Female Inactive Dia krenn .
• / SCARZ SCARZ Japan Rank #8 Art Koki Kagami Gwangboong Kim Gwang-won (김광원) muto BRIAN Medusa An Min-cheol (안민철) acquired Yuto "Xdll" Mizomori from BLUE BEES.ESP BLUE BEES.ESP Japan Rank #15 Look EscO keisu Lafura e9Lair earlier this week. Just recently, he joined ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #9 Absol Kazuki Fujinoki SyouTa Shota Aoki SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe eKo Yeom Wang-ryong (염왕룡) Xdll Yuto Mizomori on loan. Additionally, Joshua "JoshS" Miles Santos revealed that his contract with the team would expire at the end of the month, and that he was in search of a new team as a free agent.
• Incheon On Sla2ers Incheon On Sla2ers Korea Rank #30 VaNish XirZz added Estrella and Yeom "eKo" Wang-ryong (염왕룡) to their team as player and stand-in respectively, with the latter joining from REIGNITE REIGNITE Inactive .
• // The former Nigma Galaxy Nigma Galaxy Inactive Yohann Ronard Tecson Karl Carlo Ocampo trio of Ngô "crazyguy" Công Anh, Franz "astr0" del Rosario, and Sha "ZesBeeW" Mohtar all revealed that they had departed the organization and were in search of new opportunities as free agents.
• Alter Ego said goodbye to Lastiko "Moji" Reyanick from the organization's main roster and Risalma "opel" Agnia from the organization's Game Changers roster.
• Orangutan Orangutan Inactive Makaveli Nikhil Chettri RvK Rishi Vijayakumar deecee Daivik Chauhan Hoax Aman Yadav bolstered their roster with former Revenant Esports Revenant Esports Inactive skillZ Jayanth Ramesh player Garvit "Ember" Nehra.

Results & Standings

• NSG Summer Championship Open 14 playoffs winner: Dark Ratio Dark Ratio Inactive Ange Adam Milian Trick Justin Sears ZexRow Anthony Colandro Drone Taylor Johnson Will William Cheng | runner-up: The Ganaccis The Ganaccis Inactive RetrQ Alex Kadan svL Sam Laudando Harmon Nick Harmon silenx Jonathan Huntington Moechilla
• NSG Summer Championship Brentwood LAN #2 playoffs winner: 4FUNERS 4FUNERS Inactive | runner-up: Area of Effect Area of Effect Inactive Hydro Christian Constantinou BlanK Maanish Critical Tristan Trinacty
• Astral Clash 2022 LCQ main event qualified teams: Dignitas Dignitas Inactive rain Amanda Smith EMUHLEET Emmalee Garrido theia Melisa Mundorff Stefanie Stefanie Jones showliana Juliana Maransaldi , Native Gaming White Native Gaming White Inactive scourge Apidaez Shelby Gervais slaze Sophia Ramirez LunaFox Luna Ryan ARIANARCHIST Ariane Lafrenière
• Game Changers Japan playoffs qualified teams: FENNEL GC FENNEL GC Japan Rank #13 Moco Sarina Kawashima suzu Suzu Sasaki YuRinChi , Focus e-Sports GC Focus e-Sports GC Inactive TENSAI leA OchaMae Ky XAM , ZETA DIVISION GC ZETA DIVISION GC Inactive , Insomnia GC Insomnia GC Inactive mityu Alu DoHee Summ3r Noraneko
• The Esports Club Challenger Series 8 Wildcard winner: Anaadi Army Anaadi Army Inactive Kohliii Pranav Kohli DominiK Hrishikesh Khedkar SSSami Sami Ar Rahman Kishi Ngô Trường Huy DOXZ3R Soumyadeep Dey
• Saudi eLeagues 2022 Season 1 playoffs winner: Team Falcons Team Falcons Inactive | runner-up: The Ultimates The Ultimates MENA Rank #2
• Intel Arabian Cup Playground 2022 North Africa playoffs winner: MLC Esports MLC Esports Inactive MenT Nisuh | runner-up: No Name No Name Inactive

Other News & Rumors

• Following the conclusion of the Astral Clash 2022 LCQ, Fallacy Fallacy Inactive mars were investigated due to reports of account sharing during tournament play. As a result of Riot Games' ongoing investigation into the matter and the team's suspension from the event, Native Gaming White Native Gaming White Inactive scourge Apidaez Shelby Gervais slaze Sophia Ramirez LunaFox Luna Ryan ARIANARCHIST Ariane Lafrenière will replace them in the main event, which will take place next weekend.
• After being inactive from competition since Stage 1 Challengers North America with Rise Rise Inactive , Ryan "Shanks" Ngo has joined FaZe Clan as a content creator.
• / According to a report from Dot Esports reporter George Geddes, Guild Esports Guild Esports Inactive player Russel "Russ" Mendes will likely take a step down from the active roster to take a break from competition. One player that was noted as a possible replacement for Russ was BIG BIG Inactive player Karel "Twisten" Ašenbrener, who would likely join Guild on loan.
• According to a report from ONE Esports, XERXIA Esports XERXIA Esports Inactive player Nutchapon "sScary" Matarat is exploring other offers in 2023. He will still play with his current team for Champions in September.
• / A story that was missed in the June 22 recap, a host of players from China and Hong Kong have been issued penalties related to matchfixing in a match between Totoro Gaming Totoro Gaming Inactive FengF Song Xuefeng (宋学锋) ICEKING Cheng Wanpeng (程万鹏) Flex1n Lo Rui (罗瑞) YOU Yip Man Ho heybay Ho Shun Hei and ShanXi Gaming ShanXi Gaming Inactive Akash Kasin Flex1n Lo Rui (罗瑞) Tuke Paopao PIKAWU in Summer 2021. The bans range from nine-month suspensions to permanent bans. The players penalized include members of Underdog Underdog Inactive faraway Ji Peiqi (吉沛奇) one1 PPQ Jiacheng Peng (彭家成) Skies Yulin Yang (杨玉林) Miracle Yang Zebin (杨泽斌) , Invincible Gaming Invincible Gaming Inactive Penge Artill , and the aforementioned Totoro Gaming. Among the players issued permanent bans include Wang "Sylviaovo" Mingming (王明明) and manager Hao "iSy" Xingyu (郝星宇), both formerly of Totoro Gaming. The full list of members issued bans can be found here.