Valorant<\/a>, have announced a new Valorant tournament for the MENA region. Strike Arabia will bring together Middle Eastern and North African players for a month-long gauntlet.<\/p>\nSponsored by Logitech, among other partners, Strike Arabia will feature two stages. First, sub-regional events will take place in the GCC, North Africa, Egypt & the Levant. Three teams from each region will move on to First Strike MENA, the main event.<\/p>\n
The first stage is slated to begin on November 1st, concluding on November 25. The main event will take place between December 3 and 6. Matches will be streamed on Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook each week, Sunday through Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Europe Esports News<\/h2>\nTeam Singularity Axes Dashthreads Sponsorship Deal<\/h3>\n
Denmark’s Team Singularity announced the end of its partnership with clothing company DashThreads. The team made the announcement through an official release. DashThreads has supplied merchandise for Singularity since early 2020.<\/p>\n
In the statement, posted to Singularity\u2019s website, the team apologized to the community. Many problems with team merchandise recently plagued Singularity. The team placed the blame for these issues squarely on DashThreads\u2019 shoulders.<\/p>\n
Singularity founder and CEO, Atle Stehouwer didn’t mince words when speaking of the
\napparel company. Stehouwer accused DashThreads of \u201cunprofessionalism, lies, and mistreatment of the partnership\u201d.<\/p>\n
The company allegedly failed to fulfill its obligations on multiple occasions. This resulted in missing products, botched marketing campaigns, and more. The team vowed to take action against the company.<\/p>\n
South America Esports News<\/h2>\nBrazil\u2019s CBGE Coordinates Push For Olympic Esports With GEF<\/h3>\n
The Brazilian Confederation of Games and Esports (CGBE) is doubling down on a bid to take esports to the Olympics. Coordinating with the Global Esports Federation (GEF), CGBE seeks to promote official Olympic inclusion of esports.<\/p>\n
CBGE recently negotiated a partnership deal with S\u00e3o Paulo-based Arena Hub, a center for entrepreneurial innovation. GEF has now hand-picked CBGE as the Brazilian arm of the Olympic esports inclusion effort. CBGE president Paulo Ribas has a long history in sports.<\/p>\n
Ribas worked on Brazil\u2019s candidacy for the Rio 2016 Olympics and was an observer in 2008 and 2012. He also has extensive experience working in high-profile sporting events like the FIFA World Cup (2010\/2014) and the Pan American Games.<\/p>\n
Oceania Esports News<\/h2>\nSeven Australia CS:GO Players Banned For Match-Fixing<\/h3>\n
ESL subsidiary ESEA, along with the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC), have concluded their investigation of the Mountain Dew League (MDL). The process, which started back in early September, identified a number of worrisome irregularities.<\/p>\n
According to ESIC and ESEA, seven Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competitors in the MDL Australia were found guilty of assorted offenses. These include engaging in Mountain Dew League betting\u2014a direct violation of ESIC anti-corruption guidelines and ESEA rules.<\/p>\n
As a result, Australian Esports<\/a> offending players are banned from all CS:GO events organized by ESIC partners. That includes the ESL, WePlay! Esports, NODWIN Gaming, Eden Esports, DreamHack, BLAST, and LVP. ESIC also notified law enforcement, as there may be legal consequences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ESB brings you today’s top stories in esports and online gaming, including the latest on the push to get Esports into the Olympics…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":1455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1457,626,4,771,1458,69,128,1150],"class_list":["post-14762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-betting-scandal","tag-cs-go","tag-featured","tag-lol-world-championship","tag-marvel","tag-olympics","tag-team-liquid","tag-valorant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14762"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14762"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14766,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14762\/revisions\/14766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}