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- ↑ "U Sports-MTV jointly launch U Cypher Championship" . Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ↑ "Helmed by the entertainment Moghul Ronnie Screwvala (Founder U Sports) and sports business veteran Supratik Sen (Co-Founder CEO U Sports)" . Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ↑ "India's first televised esports tournament looks like a blast" . Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ↑ "U Cypher begins new innings for esport in India" . Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ↑ "Varun Sood and Ayesha Adlakha to host eSports championship- UCypher" . Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ↑ "Teams in Ucypher" . Retrieved 10 January 2018.