League Worlds Prize Pool
- The most popular MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) game in the world has an impressive number of players. Almost 4 million peak viewers watched the grand final of the largest annual tournament Worlds 2019 – and that's without taking the Chinese platforms into account.
- The first World Champions had a prize pool of $98500. This amount is dwarfed over the years with the highest so far being 2018 Championships. The initial prize pool of the tournament is $2,225,000 USD with addition of in game skins and revenue the total prize pool was $6,450,000 USD.
The 2020 World Championship is the crowning event of League of Legends esports for the year. The tournament welcomes 22 teams from all regions of the game in a months-long race for the Summoner’s Cup. This year’s world championship will be held exclusively in Shanghai, China to reduce travel throughout the tournament and control the show environment under the coronavirus pandemic.
The following stories are the most recent transmissions from ESPN.com wire sources.
MLB - View All - Photos
Now in Chisox 'pen, Kopech makes debut after 2020 opt-out (AP, 3/9 11:59 PM ET)Spring Training Glance (XML Team Solutions, 3/9 11:15 PM ET)
Dodgers 5, Reds 3 (XML Team Solutions, 3/9 11:15 PM ET)
Spring Training Linescores (XML Team Solutions, 3/9 11:15 PM ET)
Yanks' Britton needs surgery to remove elbow bone chip (AP, 3/9 10:34 PM ET)
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Career fair helps former NFL players find new careers (AP, 3/10 1:37 AM ET)Receivers Godwin, Robinson top franchise tag list (AP, 3/9 8:41 PM ET)
Bucs franchise Godwin, agree to 2-year deal with David (AP, 3/9 8:32 PM ET)
Agent: Titans have released vet cornerback Malcolm Butler (AP, 3/9 6:16 PM ET)
Vikings release kicker Dan Bailey after rough season (AP, 3/9 5:48 PM ET)
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The NBA returns: 10 things to know entering the second half (AP, 3/10 1:41 AM ET)Heat say Meyers Leonard will be away from team after slur (AP, 3/9 10:07 PM ET)
Simmons, Embiid both to miss 76ers' second-half opening game (AP, 3/9 8:31 PM ET)
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Heat center Meyers Leonard uses slur on video-game stream (AP, 3/9 5:51 PM ET)NBA's two-game series cut travel, offer playoff-type setups (AP, 3/9 1:14 PM ET)
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Secondary scoring proves to be pivotal for the top NHL teams (AP, 3/10 1:56 AM ET)Stars score early and often to dominate Blackhawks 6-1 (AP, 3/10 12:20 AM ET)
Beauvillier lifts Islanders past Bruins 2-1 in shootout (AP, 3/10 12:02 AM ET)
Jets beat North-leading Leafs 4-3 in opener of 3-game set (AP, 3/9 11:38 PM ET)
Islanders win 6th straight in shootout, now 4-0 vs Bruins (AP, 3/9 11:28 PM ET)
College Football - View All - Photos
Kansas AD: Miles shared nothing of misconduct allegations (AP, 3/9 6:03 PM ET)Report finds 'no racist intent' behind song 'Eyes of Texas' (AP, 3/9 1:27 PM ET)
Les Miles ousted as head football coach at Kansas after revelations of inappropriate behavior with women at LSU (AP, 3/8 11:23 PM ET)
Fox hires ex-Sooner Stoops to replace Meyer on 'Big Noon' (AP, 3/8 3:28 PM ET)
Allen agrees to new deal to stay with Hoosiers through 2027 (AP, 3/8 12:19 PM ET)
Men's NCAA Basketball - View All - Photos
BKC Glance (Sportradar, 3/10 3:07 AM ET)Bubble watch heats up as tourneys start in power conferences (AP, 3/10 1:57 AM ET)
No. 1 Gonzaga 88, BYU 78 (Sportradar, 3/10 12:34 AM ET)
Houston Baptist beats Incarnate Word in Southland tourney (AP, 3/10 12:08 AM ET)
BKC Glance (Sportradar, 3/10 12:07 AM ET)
Women's NCAA Basketball - View All - Photos
Women's College Basketball Scores (Sportradar, 3/10 12:30 AM ET)Women's Conference Tournament Glances (AP, 3/10 12:23 AM ET)
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BC-BKW--Scores (AP, 3/10 12:21 AM ET)
Women's NCAA Automatic Bids (AP, 3/9 11:45 PM ET)
Wisconsin fires women's basketball coach Jonathan Tsipis (AP, 3/9 10:26 PM ET)
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LaToya Sanders retires from WNBA; helped Mystics win title (AP, 3/8 3:35 PM ET)Golf - View All - Photos
Better than most? One putt on the 17th that actually was (AP, 3/9 6:23 PM ET)Column: Anniversary marks progress of pandemic, not the end (AP, 3/9 4:39 PM ET)
Canadian Open canceled for 2nd straight year amid pandemic (AP, 3/9 12:58 PM ET)
PGA Tour Schedule (Sportradar, 3/9 10:45 AM ET)
Players Championship marks a year since pandemic halted golf (AP, 3/9 9:36 AM ET)
Auto Racing - View All - Photos
Column: Larson can't outrun past, only change conversation (AP, 3/8 2:53 PM ET)NASCAR Cup Series Schedule-Winners (Sportradar, 3/8 2:00 PM ET)
NASCAR Xfinity Winners (Sportradar, 3/8 2:00 PM ET)
NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Winners (Sportradar, 3/8 2:00 PM ET)
NASCAR Cup Series Winners (Sportradar, 3/8 2:00 PM ET)
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Smokin' Joe Frazier feted with statue, mural in Philly (AP, 3/8 5:42 PM ET)Boxing HOF celebrates Ali-Frazier every day (AP, 3/8 1:38 AM ET)
AP Was There: Ali, Frazier and the Fight of the Century (AP, 3/7 11:39 AM ET)
Ali, Frazier and the Fight of the Century 50 years later (AP, 3/7 11:37 AM ET)
Shields wins unanimous decision over Dicaire (AP, 3/6 1:26 AM ET)
Horse Racing - View All - Photos
Life Is Good wins San Felipe; Idol takes Big 'Cap (AP, 3/6 10:08 PM ET)Board suspends license of Irish trainer for dead horse photo (AP, 3/5 4:12 PM ET)
Cycling - View All - Photos
Van der Poel masters the gravel roads to win Strade Bianche (AP, 3/6 11:40 AM ET)Tour de France champion Pogacar wins UAE Tour (AP, 2/27 11:06 AM ET)
Track and Field - View All - Photos
Paul McMullen, '96 US Olympic runner, dies in ski accident (AP, 3/5 6:07 PM ET)Olympics - View All - Photos
Torch relay among final hurdles for postponed Tokyo Olympics (AP, 3/10 1:47 AM ET)Cortina craves bobsled revival with 2026 Olympics (AP, 3/9 8:55 AM ET)
Gymnastics test event for Tokyo Olympics canceled (AP, 3/9 8:44 AM ET)
Jonathan Klinsmann hurt, dropped from Olympic qualifying (AP, 3/8 4:28 PM ET)
IOC denounces Belarus Olympic election of Lukashenko's son (AP, 3/8 12:45 PM ET)
Skiing - View All - Photos
Ski Report (AP, 3/9 5:52 PM ET)
Ski Report (AP, 3/8 5:29 PM ET)Ski Report (AP, 3/7 5:09 PM ET)
Shiffrin left fuming over start delay after Vlhova home win (AP, 3/7 9:57 AM ET)
Odermatt wins super-G, keeps season title hopes alive (AP, 3/7 6:31 AM ET)
Figure Skating - View All - Photos
Coach, former Olympian Zimmerman suspended by SafeSport (AP, 3/9 9:36 PM ET)Cain-Gribble and LeDuc added to US team for worlds (AP, 3/1 4:50 PM ET)
Soccer - View All - Photos
Juventus knocked out of Champions League by 10-man Porto (AP, 3/9 7:38 PM ET)MATCHDAY: PSG-Barca; Liverpool-Leipzig in Champions League (AP, 3/9 6:35 PM ET)
Champions League Glance (AP, 3/9 6:19 PM ET)
Haaland stars again as Dortmund reaches CL quarterfinals (AP, 3/9 6:09 PM ET)
Neville era begins at Miami as MLS opens training camps (AP, 3/9 5:25 PM ET)
Cricket - View All - Photos
Kane Williamson to miss NZ-Bangladesh ODI series (AP, 3/9 4:20 AM ET)League Worlds Prize Pool
Six cities to host games as IPL returns to India (AP, 3/7 10:56 AM ET)
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