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Mountain Dew is making its second foray into esports today as it announces a new partnership with ESL and the Entertainment E-Sports Association (ESEA) to produce a new Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league called the Mountain Dew Pro League. The league will give amateur teams a chance to qualify for the highest level of competition in CS:GO, the ESL Pro League.The league splits up teams from around the world into regional leagues, which will culminate into a final LAN event in December called the Mountain Dew Global Challenge. The North American and European team that places highest in the Mountain Dew Challenge will be invited to join the ESL Pro League.[The Mountain Dew League] provides a unique opportunity for aspiring professional gamers to realize their dreams on a global stage, said ESL America CEO Craig Levine in a news release Wednesday. With the popularity of esports exploding, were excited to partner with Mountain Dew and find the next generation of Counter-Strike superstars.The qualifiers will begin in August, with the last-chance qualifiers on Aug. 27-28.Competitors from the regular season in North America and Europe will be a mix of teams in the ESEA Premier Division and several teams who will move up from other ESEA amateur divisions: Main, Open, and Intermediate. No teams have been confirmed, since the ESEA Premier Division is still ongoing in both North America and Europe.This will be Mountain Dews second venture into the esports industry (its first was as a title sponsor at the Championship Gaming Series in 2006), which is set to reach more than 1 billion people in 2016, according to a report by analytics and insight research company Newzoo. Wholesale Jerseys For Sale .Y. - Detroit goaltender Jonas Gustavsson has earned NHL first star of the week honours after winning in his first three appearances of the season. Cheap Authentic Jerseys . Despite the cost, effort and an improved steroid test, its possible that very few -- if any -- positives will be detected, Dr. Richard Budgett told The Associated Press in an interview. "We just dont know what the results from Torino will be," Budgett said. http://www.cheapnfljerseyswholesale.com/ . -- Derrick Rose shook off poor shooting early to hit clutch shots late and Carlos Boozer had 20 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 104-95 preseason victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night. Jerseys China . P.A. Parenteau scored early in the third period to help the Avs edge Toronto 2-1 on Tuesday night. Cory Sarich also scored for Colorado (3-0-0), which is off to its best ever start. Clearance NFL Shop . Francis told several hundred members of the European Olympic Committees that when sport "is considered only in economic terms and consequently for victory at every cost . Japans Hozumi Hasegawa, whose distinguished 17-year career included winning world titles in three weight divisions -- bantamweight, junior featherweight and featherweight -- has announced his retirement from boxing.Hasegawa, a 35-year-old southpaw, forced Mexicos Hugo Ruiz to retire on his stool after the ninth round in Osaka, Japan, on Sept. 16 to win a junior featherweight world title. He will walk away from the sport off that victory.I have nothing to prove more, and it becomes truly hard to have myself motivated to go on after my third coronation, Hasegawa said in a statement Friday.Hasegawa (36-5, 16 KOs), who turned pro in 1999, got his first world title shot in 2005 and won a unanimous decision to dethrone bantamweight titleholder Veeraphol Sahaprom.He held the title for nearly five years and made 10 successful defenses, including beating Sahaprom by ninth-round knockout in a 2006 rematch and victoriies over other quality contenders: Genaro Garcia, Simpiwe Vetyeka and Vusi Malinga.ddddddddddddAfter Mexicos Fernando Montiel traveled to Tokyo and knocked him out in the fourth round to take the belt in 2010, Hasegawa jumped up two weight classes and won a unanimous decision against Mexicos Juan Carlos Burgos to win a vacant featherweight world title.For his first defense, Hasegawa faced Mexicos Jhonny Gonzalez, who knocked him down and stopped him in the fourth round.Hasegawa won his next four bouts and got the opportunity to challenge then-junior featherweight titlist Kiko Martinez, so he dropped down in weight but was stopped in the seventh round in April 2014. Hasegawa rebounded to win his next three fights, including the mild upset over Ruiz to claim his final world title. ' ' '