Nikola "NiKo" Kovač recently hopped on the LINKED podcast, touching on a range of topics from across his career.
One interesting revelation was that NiKo personally worked with performance coach Lars Robl after his team's loss to Legacy in the CAC grand final, and that he credits the cooperation with helping him to win his Major title.
NiKo also touched on why Damjan "kyxsan" Stoilkovski was replaced in Falcons, focusing on the differences between Finn "karrigan" Andersen and how kyxsan didn't take the right approach to dealing with feedback from his teammates.
DEPO have brought in Aleksandr "SNk" Semkin, benching their lowest-rated player, Axmadjon "sh1seido" Sattarov, to make room.
The Timur "buster" Tulepov-fronted squad have made solid strides in the VRS in recent times with wins over the likes of FlyQuest and Lynn Vision, hitting 59th in the global list and 5th in the Asia rankings in the September VRS update.
The organizers of Esports World Cup 2027 have announced more details for the massive open qualifier.
The tournament, which will award four spots at the main event, is once again open up to 128 teams on a first-come, first-serve basis, with more information about the registration set to be announced "soon."
You can read the entire announcement here.
Liquid's Logitech G Play Connect campaign has taken another hit as the team's head coach, Viktor "flashie" Tamás Bea, will miss the group stage to attend his sister's wedding.
The organization announced that their analyst, Jay "DeMars DeRover" Li, will step in as skipper for the round-robin stage. The team previously announced that Vladan "VLDN" Radević will stand in for Mario "malbsMd" Samayoa, who is missing the event due to personal reasons.
In a Telegram post, Nuclear TigeRES have announced that Timur "z1k4" Askhadulin and Denis "m1QUSE" Karpovich have been moved to the bench. The vacancies will be filled by academy duo Kamil "tronic" Shakhov and Evgeny "Djon8" Mudrenov until the end of the season.
The double change comes just days after a last-place finish at WINLINE MPKBK CIS LAN Season 7 in Moscow.
Nuclear TigeRES are now:
Arseniy "senka" Kozlovsky Ilya "flouzer" Selifonov Egor "ayuki" Ershov Kamil "tronic" Shakhov Evgeny "Djon8" Mudrenov
Vadim "Polt" Tsyrov (coach)
Ninjas in Pyjamas got off on the wrong foot at Logitech G Play Connect as they lost to M80 in an overtime game on Mirage.
Adam "adamb" Ångström, NIP's newest member, posted a 0.85 rating, the lowest on his team.
French outlet La Source has claimed that OG will rebuild their roster around Alexandre "bodyy" Pianaro, who will take over IGL duties.
Head coach Lambert "Lambert" Prigent will reportedly stay on, while Olle "spooke" Grundström could remain on the roster. This would mean that IGL Casper "cadiaN" Møller and Luca "pr1metapz" Voigt have been deemed surplus to requirements.
OG's roster has been depleted to four players following Adam "adamb" Ångström's transfer to Ninjas in Pyjamas.
Axmadjon 'sh1seido' SattarovPast 3 months
Martin 'Sinzey' Rian Christensen
Xcity
Azamat 'ATLAS' Baisangurov
Tamerlan 'tuzon' Kambolov
George 'mda' Dzhagaev
Azamat 'qu1ck' Acheev
Arthur 'gag' Gagloev
Thomas 'Thom' HedemannPast 3 months
Eternal Fire
Gareth 'MisteM' Ries
Iulian 'regali' Harjău
Caner 'soulfly' Kesici
Vladyslav 'Kvem' Korol
Samet 'jottAAA' Köklü
David 'Inspire' RasmussenPast 3 months
Adam 'adamb' ÅngströmPast 3 months
Emil 'nota' MoskvitinPast 3 months
Martin 'nut nut' Holm VestergaardPast 3 months
Luca 'pr1metapz' VoigtPast 3 months
ENCE
Henri 'HENU' Ylilehto
Aleksi 'millert' Lehtopuu
Teemu 'teme' Korva
Giorgi 'Schwarz' Gakhokidze
Joe 'joeski' Holmes
Aleksi 'allu' Jalli
M80
Fritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich
Michael 'Swisher' Schmid
Elias 's1n' Stein
Josh 'JBa' Barutt
Mason 'Lake' Sanderson
Rory 'dephh' Jackson
ECSTATIC
Martin 'Sinzey' Rian Christensen
Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerPast 3 months
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačPast 3 months
OG
Casper 'cadiaN' Møller
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro
Olle 'spooke' Grundström
Luca 'pr1metapz' Voigt
Lambert 'Lambert' Prigent
Rasmus 'Skejs' GleerupPast 3 months
DEPO
Aleksandr 'SNk' Semkin
Timur 'buster' Tulepov
Vladislav 'Krad' Kravchenko
Amirbek 'wetfy' Timurov
Shoxjahon 'shoxs' Sultanbaev
Evgeny 'bullet' Batkin
Timur 'buster' TulepovPast 3 months
Yiğit 'yT' ÖzdenPast 3 months
Vladimir 'pixel' LukyanovPast 3 months
Vladislav 'H4SAN4TOR' TuchinPast 3 months
Finn 'karrigan' AndersenPast 3 months
Vadim 'Polt' Tsyrov
Alexandre 'bodyy' PianaroPast 3 months
WW
Artem 'ct0m' Maximov
Denis 'deko' Zhukov
Ivan 'StRoGo' Shurpatov
Vladimir 'kelieN' Boldyrev
Timur 'm3wsu' Korenev
Envy
Oleksandr 's1mple' KostylievPast 3 months
Viktor 'flashie' Tamás Bea
Falcons
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
René 'TeSeS' Madsen
Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov
Maksim 'kyousuke' Lukin
Danny 'zonic' Sørensen
Rory 'dephh' Jackson
Kamil 'tronic' Shakhov Past 3 months
FlyQuest RED
Emma 'Emy' Choe
Vivienne 'BiBiAhn' Quach
Vanessa 'vanessa' Gideon
Lydia 'Fawx' Dalton
Marie 'marie' Ellen Toft Sørensen
Alan 'Shakezullah' Hardeman
Luca 'Z1noz' Stibolt JensenPast 3 months
Nuclear TigeRES
Arseniy 'senka' Kozlovsky
Denis 'm1QUSE' Karpovich
Timur 'z1k4' Askhadulin
Ilya 'flouzer' Selifonov
Egor 'ayuki' Ershov
Vadim 'Polt' Tsyrov
Vladan 'VLDN' RadevićPast 3 months
Artem 'ct0m' MaximovPast 3 months
Egor 'ayuki' ErshovPast 3 months
Lynn Vision
Zhe 'Westmelon' Niu
Sike 'z4KR' Zhang
Lizhi 'Starry' Ye
Junjie 'EmiliaQAQ' Tang
Qihao 'C4LLM3SU3' Su
Yifei 'GUM' Dai
Timur 'z1k4' AskhadulinPast 3 months
FlyQuest
Justin 'jks' Savage
Alistair 'aliStair' Johnston
Joshua 'INS' Potter
Declan 'Vexite' Portelli
Corey 'nettik' Browne
Aaron 'AZR' Ward
Luca 'Munstur' IoanițiuPast 3 months
3DMAX
Bryan 'Maka' Canda
Lucas 'Lucky' Chastang
Kévin 'misutaaa' Rabier
Jeremy 'Kursy' Gast
Filip 'Graviti' Brankovic
Damien 'wasiNk' Dufour
Damjan 'kyxsan' StoilkovskiPast 3 months
Arseniy 'senka' KozlovskyPast 3 months
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Martin 'stavn' Lund
Rasmus 'sjuush' Beck
Karim 'Krimbo' Moussa
Adam 'adamb' Ångström
Kacper 'xKacpersky' Gabara
Richard 'Xizt' Landström
Denis 'm1QUSE' KarpovichPast 3 months
Mario 'malbsMd' SamayoaPast 3 months
Aleksandr 'SNk' SemkinPast 3 months
CYBERSHOKE
Daniil 'alpha' Demin
Vladislav 'H4SAN4TOR' Tuchin
Emil 'nota' Moskvitin
Alimzhan 'Alkaren' Bitimbay
Roman 'Mokuj1n' Petrushenko
BC.Game
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev
Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov
Emil 'Magisk' Reif
Azbayar 'Senzu' Munkhbold
Ayush 'mzinho' Batbold
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas
Evgeny 'Djon8' MudrenovPast 3 months
Lambert 'Lambert' Prigent
Carmine 'Fisic0' LorussoPast 3 months
Jay 'DeMars DeRover' LiPast 3 months
Liquid
Keith 'NAF' Markovic
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski
Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa
Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou
Georgi 'Jorko' Mitev
Viktor 'flashie' Tamás Bea
Martin 'STYKO' StykPast 3 months
Olle 'spooke' GrundströmPast 3 months
Ilya 'flouzer' SelifonovPast 3 months
Legacy
Andrei 'arT' Piovezan
Eduardo 'dumau' Wolkmer
Bruno 'latto' Rebelatto
Vinicius 'n1ssim' Pereira
Santino 'try' Rigal
Alan 'adrrr' Riveros