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VICE Sports World News Roundup: January 15, 2016

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Good morning, America. It's January 15th, 2016. Welcome to the VICE Sports World News Roundup. Be sure to stop every morning for more headlines from around the world.

Yesterday WADA released the second part of its report on the Russian doping scandal and related IAAF corruption. It is a doozy! The former President ran the place like it was the mafia. You can read more here.

One of the revelations in the WADA report had to do with the possibility that the selection process for hosting athletic events was rigged. Now the IOC is getting involved. From the AP: "The Olympic body said Friday it has asked the World Anti-Doping Agency's independent commission for transcripts from its report on doping and corruption in track and field that raises the possibility that $5 million in sponsorship money was paid to help Tokyo secure the games."

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Austrian ski jumper Lukas Müller, a former junior world champion, suffered a terrible ski jump crash on Wednesday. It's being reported today that he is now a quadriplegic. (Link in German)

Real Madrid announced it will challenge the 2-year ban imposed by FIFA yesterday. The ban has to do with violations associated with the club's signing of players under 18.

Interestingly, Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane's four sons, who all play for Real, are part of the team's rules violations.

Congrats!

Congrats, — Germany (@DFB_Team_EN)January 14, 2016

Speaking of Ozil, Reddit put together this clip of some nice skill from the other night. It's worth a click.

Here's a weird story for you. Former Miss Washington Stormy Keffeler resigned after a couple of police-related incidents. She got a DUI, but she also may have stabbed Marco Pappa, a midfielder with the Colorado Rapids. No charges have been filed in relation to the stabbing.

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The MLS Super(duper?)Draft happened yesterday. Here's MLS first overall draft pick Jack Harrison, of the Chicago Fire, with league commissioner Don Garber. Harrison was later traded to NYCFC.

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