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South Korean League of Legends team ROX Tigers, widely considered one of the best teams in the world and set to compete next weekend in the League of Legends World Championship semifinals in New York, will split up after the conclusion of the tournament. Its players will then field offers from North American and Chinese teams, sources close to its players and the organization tell ESPN.The team originally intended to split last year following the 2015 World Championship due to financial difficulties after parting ways with former sponsor KOO. The team remained afloat, renamed as ROX Tigers, and wanted to compete with one another for the 2016 season, sources say.None of the Tigers players has been able to open negotiations officially with teams abroad due to tampering rules that prohibit the activity while competing on the Tigers squad. Their contracts end on Nov. 30, according to the League-recognized contract database, after which they will be able to sign elsewhere.Should the team break apart for new destinations as intended, the players will join the growing list of successful South Korean pros who have received offers from international teams. This trend began in 2014, when teams such as Samsung Galaxy White and Blue completely split and moved to China on several different Chinese squads.For its part, ROX Tigers is currently guaranteed third/fourth place or higher at the League of Legends World Championship because of a victory over Chinas EDward Gaming on Saturday in Chicago. It will meet SK Telecom T1 in Madison Square Garden next weekend for a chance to attend the tournament finals in Los Angeles. In 2015, the Tigers, then known as KOO Tigers, took second at the World Championship after a finals loss to SK Telecom T1. 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Meanwhile, there were huge victories for Sunderland and West Ham over fellow relegation rivals, leaving the battle to avoid the drop up for grabs with the bottom 11 teams separated by just six points. Eden Hazard and Fernando Torres scored second-half goals to seal a fourth straight victory for Chelsea, which climbed above Arsenal and Manchester City in the standings ahead of their games on Monday and Sunday respectively. Kansas or Iowa State will finally win a Big 12 game this week, and that might be the only conference victory for the Jayhawks or Cyclones.Their coaches are rebuilding teams traditionally at the bottom of the Big 12, and both plan to approach Saturdays matchup in Lawrence, Kansas, like they do every other game.Our biggest thing is weve tried to win every football game, and the realistic piece of this is its the next step for us, first-year Iowa State coach Matt Campbell said Monday.The Cyclones and Jayhawks are each 1-8 (0-6 Big 12) with lengthy losing streaks.There are some similarities. Its one of those deals where I think each coach has his own style, Kansas coach David Beaty said on the weekly Big 12 coaches teleconference. But really I think the big thing as you watch them, very much like us, if you focus on your team and really try to correct your execution and mistakes, I think thats where a lot of the progress is going to be made.The Jayhawks have lost 18 consecutive Big 12 games since a home win over Iowa State in 2014, their only conference victory that season. They have lost eight games in a row overall after a season-opening 55-6 win over Rhode Island that is Beatys only win in 21 games as Kansas coach.Iowa State is coming off its fifth straight loss , 34-24 at home to Big 12-leading Oklahoma, after which the ninth-ranked Sooners coach Bob Stoops had some complimentary remarks about Campbell.Were certainly starting and working really hard to build our program the rright way from the ground up, Campbell said.dddddddddddd Thats something that were continuing to be in the process of doing here.Both teams have been close to upsets this season.Four of Iowa States conference losses are by 10 points or less. The Cyclones never trailed at home against then-No. 13 Baylor until the Bears kicked a game-ending field goal to win 45-42.Kansas led by nine points in the fourth quarter against TCU, but the Jayhawks missed three field goals in the fourth quarter. The last miss came in the closing seconds after the Horned Frogs kicked one to go ahead 24-23.Since beating Iowa State in their Big 12 opener in 2009, the Jayhawks are 3-63 in conference games.Some other notes from the Big 12 call:- While Texas has won consecutive games and the players feel very good, coach Charlie Strong said they know they havent played their best football and are looking to improve. The Longhorns host 11th-ranked West Virginia on Saturday and need only one more win to get bowl eligible. We havent even talked about a bowl, Strong said. Were just looking to end the year the right way.- Stoops said it seems to have gone unnoticed that the Sooners played their Thursday night game at Iowa State without 14 players that were on the two-deep roster earlier in the season. But Stoops said the weekend off after the midweek game should really help the team. ' ' '