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League of Legends LCK Cup to return with new format, team roster changes

The League of Legends (LoL) Champions Korea (LCK) Cup will return this year with a revised format and extensively reshaped team rosters.

2026-01-07

Esports legend Faker opens up about Elon Musk's challenge, contract extension and more

Faker, the face of professional League of Legends, said that he was ready to take on Grok 5, accepting a challenge Elon Musk issued last month to stage a LoL match between xAI's next-generation AI model and T1, the reigning world champions.

2025-12-18

Lee congratulates esports team T1 on 3rd straight LoL championship win

President Lee Jae Myung on Monday congratulated Korean esports team T1 on winning the League of Legends World Championships for the third consecutive year, calling it a "remarkable feat."

2025-11-10

Lee 'Faker' Sang-hyeok's legend continues as T1 wins LoL World Championship

SKT T1's Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok cemented his status as a legend after his team won the League of Legends (LoL) World Championship, the world’s biggest esports tournament, on Sunday. T1, led by Faker, beat KT Rolster 3-2 in the finals held on Sunday.

2025-11-10

T1 wins LoL World Championship for 3rd straight year

Korea's T1 claimed its third consecutive title at the League of Legends (LoL) World Championship on Sunday, becoming the first team in history to achieve the feat.

2025-11-10

Esports legend Faker signs 4-year contract extension with T1

Korean esports legend Faker, 29, has signed a four-year contract extension with T1, the team announced on Sunday. "Faker will remain with T1 through 2029," T1 said after its League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) home game in Incheon.

2025-07-28

Korea's 'unkillable demon king' to vie for second title at 2025 Esports World Cup in Saudi Arabia

League of Legends star Lee Sang-hyeok, better known as Faker, is gunning for a second title at the 2025 Esports World Cup (EWC) in Riyadh, where Saudi Arabia is putting up a record $70 million prize pool to brand itself the global home of gaming.

2025-07-07

Korean celebrities congratulate Lee 'Faker' Sang-hyeok, T1 on League of Legends world title

Football star Son Heung-min and K-pop idols such as EXO’s Baekhyun and Super Junior’s Kim Hee-chul joined esports fans in celebrating League of Legends player Faker and his team T1’s victory at the 2024 League of Legends World Championship.

2024-11-04

T1 win League of Legends title at Esports World Cup

It was the second straight match where T1 battled back from a one-game deficit for an eventual win.

2024-07-08

Gen.G 3-1 Bilibili Gaming to win MSI and League of Legends Worlds spot

Korean League of Legends (LoL) team Gen.G defeated Chinese team Bilibili Gaming 3-1 to win the 2024 Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) in Chengdu, China on Sunday, taking home a grand prize of $50,000.

2024-05-20