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Worlds group stage begins, Immortals appoints new COO

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Our top stories from Wednesday:

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Godsent appointed a new CS:GO coach.

PENTA terminated the contracts of its CS:GO roster.

Denial’s CEO is reportedly looking for a merger to pay off debts to players.

G2 Esports released a hype video for worlds with the band White Sage.

SKT’s head coach explained bringing Huni over Untara to worlds.

WWE wrestlers showed support for LPL teams at worlds.

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Counter-Strike

Gambit signed former Natus Vincere coach Andi.

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Other

Immortals appointed a former NHL executive as COO.

An interview  with OpTic Gaming CEO Hector “H3CZ” Rodriguez about expanding into Dota 2.

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A look at the growth of college esports.

Results

League of Legends World Championship

Group A

SK Telecom T1 1:0 Cloud9

Group B

Longzhu 1:0 Immortals

Gigabyyte Marines 1:0 Fnatic

Group C

Royal Never Give up 1:0 1907 Fenerbahçe

Samsung Galaxy 1:0 G2

ESL Pro League Season 6 (CS:GO)

Europe

Astralis 1:1 BIG (16-19, 16-6)

Natus Vincere 2:0 LDLC (16-14, 16-10)

LDLC 2:0 Ninjas in Pyjamas (16-14, 19-17)

North 1:1 FaZe Clan (16-12, 4-16)

North America

Immortals 2:0 Ghost (16-8, 16-6)

OpTic 1:1 Luminosity (16-5, 9-16)

SK Gaming 2:0 Cloud9 (16-11, 16-9)

Liquid 2:0 Rogue (16-8, 16-9)

Schedule

(All times Eastern)

ESL Pro League Season 6 (CS:GO)

Europe

North vs. Astralis, 1 p.m.

FaZe Clan vs. HellRaisers, 1 p.m.

Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. mousesports, 3:20 p.m.

G2 vs. LDLC, 3:20 p.m.

North America

Cloud9 vs. Rogue, 7 p.m.

Misfits vs. Immortals, 7 p.m.

SK Gaming vs. NRG, 9 p.m.

Splyce vs. compLexity, 9 p.m.

League of Legends World Championship

Group A

EDward Gaming vs. ahq e-sports Club, 8 a.m.

Cloud9 vs. ahq, 7 a.m. Friday

Group D

Flash Wolves vs. Team SoloMid, 3 a.m. Friday

Team WE vs. Misfits, 4 a.m. Friday

Group B

Immortals vs. Fnatic, 5 a.m. Friday

Longzhu vs. Gigabyte Marines, 6 a.m. Friday

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