Good morning, America. Welcome to the VICE Sports World News Roundup. Be sure to stop by daily for your morning headlines.It's the 28th of August, 2015, and Sepp Blatter is still president of FIFA.China had to wait a long time for its first medal at the World Athletics Championships, which are taking place in Beijing. Chinese race-walker Liu Hong ended the long wait today by taking gold in the 20-kilometer walk.
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The Champions League draw took place last night. There are five clubs from Spain this year, the first time any country had had more than four participants. Here are the groups:
Zlatan Ibrahimovic's PSG will take on Swedish Champions Malmo, where Ibra made his start. Malmo fans were so excited at the news, the club's website crashed.To the surprise of nobody—save Cristiano Ronaldo—Lionel Messi won UEFA's best player award.The Champions League Draw for this season.Who are you getting on?https://t.co/DUkPDGEwtE pic.twitter.com/TcXuStU9PK
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Cool story out of England. Earlier in August, a 20-year-old part-timer in Northern Ireland named Jordan Stewart scored a pretty dope goal (see below) that was featured on the BBC and went a bit viral. Swindon Town, in England's League One, signed the youngster, and how he's playing full-time. He was working in a hospital kitchen when he got the call from Swindon.Andy Murray and Australian potty mouth Nick Kyrgios were drawn together in the first round of the U.S. Open. No word on whether Kyrgios has any hot gossip about the former boyfriends of Murray's wife Kim Sears. If he does, look for him to share it on the court!Photo of the Day:I can't get enough of these World Athletics Championships photos. Here's Romania's Mihai Donisan in action.