VICE Sports World News Roundup: July 20

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VICE Sports World News Roundup: July 20

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It's the 20th of July, 2015, and Sepp Blatter is still president of FIFA. The FIFA ExCo is meeting today in Zurich. Will the committee make him step down?

Last night's Gold Cup quarterfinal match between Panama and Trinidad and Tobago ended 1-1 (6-5). But the match between Mexico and Costa Rica is the one that will keep people talking for a while. At 0-0, the match went into extra time. In the added time of that extra time, the Guatemalan referee Walter Lopez awarded a deeply dubious (and under the circumstances, unfortunately, suspect) penalty. Mexico won 1-0 and will face Panama on Thursday.

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Bruh:

Sorry but if you think this is a PK worth giving in 120th minute of an international KO match you're crazy. #MEXvCRC https://t.co/R3qBBa7YAh
— Cristian Nyari (@Cnyari) July 20, 2015

Spain won the Euro U-19 Championship, defeating Russia 2-0 in the final.

Tour de France leader (and therefore suspected doper) Chris Froome had a cup full of piss thrown on him by a spectator over the weekend. No word on whether the urine sample contained traces of banned substances.

There is a 3-way tie going into the 4th round of the British Open. That isn't so unusual. What is unusual is that one of the three, Paul Dunne, is an amateur. The last amateur to lead at this stage was Bobby Jones, and that was in 1927.

Amateurs to hold 54-hole lead in an Open at St Andrews, all-time2015 Paul Dunne1927 Bobby Jones (won)1892 John Ball (T2)
— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGC) July 19, 2015

ISIS blew up the Olympic Stadium in Ramadi, Iraq.

The Pan Am Games continued in Canada. Yesterday featured, for example, some [very epic](The Pan Am Games are still happening. Yesterday featured some very epic race walk action.) race walk action. Our Joe Swide has been watching the baseball tournament with a close eye.

Formula 1 pilot Jules Bianchi has died 9 months after the horror crash that put him in a coma. He's the first driver to die of his injuries since 1994. Here's a look at the crash from last year's Japanese Grand Prix:

In other sad motorsports news, two Spanish motorcycle drivers died after crashing at the Laguna Seca raceway in central California. The riders were participating in an event supporting the World Superbike Championship (in other words, not the main event).