The international esports scene has not always been kind to South Africa. Over the years, teams that have gone overseas have often come back with very little to show. As a small scene that is still in its infancy, this is not surprising at all. However, there have been beacons of light such as Bravado’s CSGO team that has evolved …

Over in the land of Oz, the Australian fuzz from the Sporting Integrity Intelligence Unit have been monitoring suspicious CS:GO team activity and have begun issuing arrest warrants after a lengthy investigation. Acting on a tip-off, Australia’s thin blue line arrested six people so far under the allegation that they’ve been throwing matches while also placing bets on those bouts and raking in a tidy sum of cash in the process.

Thanks to ESL, North America can now recover from the match-fixing scandal which all but destroyed their scene.

Yet another match-fixing scandal has rocked the esports world in South Korea, this time for Overwatch. Jin Seok-hoon and Baek Min-jeh, coach and manager of Luminous Solar, have been charged over match-fixing in the OGN Overwatch APEX Challengers Season 3 quarterfinals

Esports has a problem with match-fixing and drugs, a situation that EA is very much aware of as it takes a deeper look at the scene.

The recent match fixing scandal involving Lee "Life" Seung Hyun may have been the final straw which broke the camels back. Starcraft II is slowly fading into oblivion, and there's unfortunately nothing we can do about it.

Regular sports and eSports aren’t that different really. After all, they’ve both got their own share of unscrupulous buggers. Just look at StarCraft II in Korea.

Valve have decided to make an example of those who fixed matches in 2015 by issuing permanent bans from ALL Valve endorsed majors. This case shows Valve's zero tolerance for cheating at a professional level.