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The #LCS Summer 2026 final between @teamliquid.com and Lyon peaked at 279,217 viewers, which is twice as much as last year's edition. Caedrel's co-stream reached 131,998 viewers by itself. #LeagueOfLegends

#T1 opens its third Base Camp in Gangnam, with a 24/7 PC bang at it's heart. New this time : a "Hide on Bouche" premium restaurant. As for the previous Base Camps, the concept is meant to serve as a meeting point for fans, players, and influencers.

The wait was not long. SheepEsports revealed today that Jojopyun 🇨🇦 extended his contract with MKOI 🇪🇸 for the 2027 season. They claim he'll be in the top 3 highest paid players in the #LEC. #LeagueOfLegends

As Ibai reveals MKOI 🇪🇸 offseason plan, Jojopyun is likely to be the first domino in the mercato. The team told him to say if he was staying or leaving "after [ #LEC finals in Nice ]." This means that news about the 🇨🇦 midlaner, and the rest of the rooster, should come out soon. #LeagueOfLegends

#RiotGames recently announced banning 300,000 accounts for rank manipulation from their 140 million active Valorant and #LeagueOfLegends player base.

After a game 5 elimination from #LEC Summer against MKOI 🇪🇸, @vitality 🇫🇷 head coach Pad 🇩🇰 reviews this high stake series with RFT. 🗣️"I'm 100% sure that if we win this series, we go to Worlds. That's very frustrating." rft.gg/news/vit-pad-... #LeagueOfLegends

Fnatic is now looking for a new general manager, after a disastrous 2026 season, that notably had the team missing worlds for the first time in nearly a decade. So far, the Chief Gaming Officer, Patrik “cArn” Sättermon, acted as an interim General Manager.

After dream start with qualification for 2026 First Stand with BFX, the 18 yo prodigy AD carry Diable🇰🇷 has a lived a far less exciting year with Nongshim RedForce 🇰🇷 . The team ended in 8th place of the 2026 #LCK after elimination in play-in against ... BFX 😬 .

The Demacia Cup turns international ! The former #LPL only offseason tournament will now feature twelve teams from six major regions that didn't qualify for Worlds. Coach Comms will be enabled throughout the offline stage. The next edition is set to take place from October 3 to 17. #LOL #esports

Have you wondered why Tristana was the champion chose for Caps 🇩🇰 Hall of legends skin ? Discover how the choice of Tristana came up, and how he discussed its design with #RiotGames behind the scenes. Read ➡️ www.sheepesports.com/en/articles/... #LeagueOfLegends

After recent disappointing defeats against FNC and GX, G2 SkewMond 🇫🇷 admits that, even if the team "would have liked to win", they "could clearly have done better" in terms of preparation. 🗣️"it was a conscious choice on our side to be a bit chill" #LeagueOfLegends #LEC

! Important information ! Due to a visual bug discovered in yesterday' series between Flyquest and Dignitas, Viktor will DISABLED for tonight's #LEC evening !

Is Vladi right to believe that @fnatic.com is better than Navi ? 🔴 FNC vs NAVI, live on www.twitch.tv/lec #LEC #LeagueOfLegends

After 0-3 start, FNATIC is currently in a 3 games winning streak, standing 3-3 in the #LEC Vladi 🇬🇷 even believes they are "a better team than" VIT, GX, and NAVI, which so far look to be the most likely contenders for the 3rd LEC Worlds spot. www.sheepesports.com... #LeagueOfLegends

Shifters 🇨🇭 midlaner Nuc 🇫🇷 announces taking a break from competitive #LeagueOfLegends , after a 2025 year that "destroyed [him] the most", and a 2026 one that "was a continuation of that". 🗣️"I’ve realized that I also want to experience other things. I have projects in mind" #LEC

The slot distribution for the EMEA Masters Summer 2026 was revealed. 42 teams from 13 different european tier 2 leagues will take part in the final EMEA Masters of 2026. Previous 2026 winners Solary 🇫🇷 and Galions 🇫🇷 are already invited. #LeagueOfLegends #LEC

Riot Phroxzon admits that matchmaking penalties are applied to players who duo queue in #LeagueOfLegends, particularly at higher ranks. This is due to assumption that communication and synergy provide more and more advantage at higher rank. This does not proove the existence of a Loser’s Queue.

Yesterday, #RiotGames announced that G2 midlaner Caps 🇩🇰would enter hall of legends in 2026, following Uzi in 2025 and Faker in 2024. He will be officially inducted at Berlin, Germany on August 18th, 2026 Caps has been active in some of the best #LeagueOfLegends tier 1 EU teams since 2017.

BLG toplaner Wenbo 🇨🇳 is unable to travel with his team for the rest of 2026 #LPL , following an incident that led to him suffering a wrist injury. This comes less than one month after Bin 🇨🇳 announced taking a break to "rest and recharge" 2/ 3 BLG toplaners are currently unable to play.

While KC and G2 are clear top 2 in the #LEC, several teams are fighting for the remaining top 4 slots, including @giantx.gg After 1-2 loss to Vitaliy, Guilhoto 🇵🇹 feels like his player have taken a step backward. 🗣️"I think we fell back into bad habits and lost some of the things that we worked on"

Despite change in toplane, @fnatic.com 's performances in #LEC are not going any better. AD Carry Upset 🇩🇪 admits seeing the team favorite to qualify for Worlds would be "foolish". 🗣️"... we have to do everything we can to make the fans proud, to salvage this year a little, ..." #LeagueOfLegends

#LeagueOfLegends Coach Gafone 🇧🇷 wins in court against former team Fluxo 🇧🇷. A court in São Paulo recognized an employment relationship between Gafone and his former team Fluxo from october to december 2024. At first instance, the compensation was provisionally set at round US$ 48.000.

SheepEsports summarizes state of 2026 #LEC summer after week 3. While Karmine Korp 🇫🇷 and G2 🇩🇪 are clear top 2 in europe, some teams are now in a difficult situation to reach their respective objectives, even though nobody is out of playoffs for now.

As @pain.gg is struggling in #CBLOL standing 1-3 in split 2, the team promotes Von🇧🇷 as head coach, while it predecessor Sarkis🇧🇷 will now act as assistant coach. The organization insists the decision was not made suddenly or based solely on recent results.

After 1,878 days being away from tier 1, Dardoch 🇺🇸 is back in the #LCS with Dignitas, opening with a 0-2 loss against undefeated Lyon. In a post-game interview with SheepEsports, he reflects on his years in tier 2 and 3, and how this experience grew him up from the "super toxic player" he once was.

As Worlds draws near, G2 Labrov 🇬🇷 is not worried about about lack of adversity in the #LEC before facing #LCK and #LPL teams. 🗣️"The level of the LEC isn't that bad, honestly. .... There are a couple of decent teams. It's just that us and KC are a level above." #LeagueOfLegends

During HLE 🇰🇷 2-1 victory over T1 🇰🇷 last saturday in the #LCK , Zeus 🇰🇷 picked Cho'Gath for the first time in his career. 🗣️"The first expensive skin I ever bought as a kid was Battlecast Prime Cho'Gath, so I always had this thought that if I ever played pro games one day, I wanted to use him."

Vladi 🇬🇷 breaks a record, and becomes the first player across all regions to reach 5000 lp. This contrasts with his pro career in the #LEC, where FNATIC is in danger to make it to playoffs, Vladi himself having some of the worst individual stats at his role in Summer

Though JunJia 🇹🇼 is still in the roster, JD Gaming 🇨🇳 signed Xiaofang 🇨🇳. This move comes as JDG stands 4-4 in the #LPL Ascend group, far from their top 2 achievement in split 1. Xiaofang 🇨🇳 had also drawn interest from Weibo Gaming 🇨🇳, before they settled on the Xiaohao 🇨🇳 trade instead.

Movistar KOI🇪🇸 now very close to miss their own #LEC roadtrip in Madrid🇪🇸, as they stand in 2-4 at the end of week 3. Remaining top 4 scenarios for MKOI require them to win their 3 remaining games, but they're not fully in control anymore, as other series need to go their way. #LeagueOfLegends

8 days after Bin 🇨🇳 going to the bench, BLG officially announced 2021 world champion Flandre 🇨🇳 as their new starting toplaner. What remains to be seen is whether BLG will go for a traditional 5 man rooster, or opt for a 6 or 7 lineup. #LPL #LeagueOfLegends

Team Liquid re-signs Morgan 🇰🇷 through 2028 for #LCS rooster. The org opened talks after #MSI, where Morgan backed up a solid regular season with a standout international showing. Morgan is currently the player on the team whose contract expires the latest.

After loss to TeamHeretics in the 2026 #LEC summer, FNATIC's historic Worlds streak seems in danger. Though Vladi 🇬🇷 doesn't considers this aspect as pressurizing. 🗣️"I don't really care about their past achievements ... I'm just focusing on the present."

After loss to SK Gaming, GiantX 🇪🇸 beat Shifters to reach a 1-1 score in the #LEC Their next opponents will Movistar KOI, tonight at 19:15 CEST GX Isma 🇫🇷 🗣️"In fights, [they're] maybe a bit below the very top teams. But MKOI are definitely a big team on the map."

This week, Navi 🇺🇦 will be facing SK on saturday, and G2 on monday in the #LEC . About SK after their summer changes, Maynter 🇺🇦 argues that "SK looks very good as a team this split". About the week overall : 🗣️"... it’ll be a tricky week. We could very well win both matches, or lose both."

❗Just now ❗ T1A's jungler Painter 🇰🇷 will be the starting jungler in today's #LCK series against Hanwha Life Esports 🇰🇷. The team made the announcement in a social media post without providing much additional information on the reason of this change. Watch Painter's first #LCK game now

After Gen G 🇰🇷's victory over KT Rolster 🇰🇷 today, Kiin 🇰🇷 became the first toplaner to reach 500 wins in the #LCK , having ~59% over 848 games played. He ranks 4th in the overall standing. https://www.sheepesports.com/en/lol/articles/kiin-becomes-the-first-toplaner-to-reach-500-wins-in-lck/en