Good morning, America. Welcome to the VICE Sports World News Roundup. Be sure to stop by daily for your morning headlines.It's the 3rd of August, 2015, and Sepp Blatter is still president of FIFA.Someone at the International Association of Athletics Federations leaked a huge dataset of doping tests to England's Sunday Times and German public broadcaster ARD/ZDF. The data suggest the IAAF looked the other way for years while several top athletes tested positive for doping repeatedly, including as many as 55 gold medal winners.
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Ronda Rousey destroyed Bethe Correia at UFC 190 in Brazil. It took Rousey just 34 seconds to KO Correia, and the Internet hasn't been kind to Correia since.Cristiano Ronaldo has gone ahead and purchased an island for European super-agent Jorge Mendes. It was a birthday present. Must be nice.Lionel Messi can't shake the criticism over his recent paid trip to Gabon. A human rights organization is accusing him of "Partying with Oppressors."Arsenal beat Chelsea 1-0 in the Community Shield on Sunday. Jose Mourinho was congratulatory to all the Arsenal players, but he and Wenger didn't shake hands after. Also, Mourinho went into the press conference and stirred the pot by saying his team was better, because mind games.
The Sacramento Kings have brought in Nancy Lieberman as an assistant coach, making the Kings the second NBA team with a woman on its coaching staff.Rafael Nadal addressed his declining level of play by telling his fans to "forget the better [old] Nadal," because he ain't coming back. Not even the greatest champions can beat father time.Oxlade-Chamberlin goal: https://t.co/9TnqzCzYY2
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