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Good morning, America. It's February 24, 2016. Welcome to the VICE Sports World News Roundup. Be sure to stop by every morning for more headlines from around the world.Arsenal fans are sad today. Last night in the Champions League, the Gunners lost 2-0 at home to Barcelona. This is nothing to be ashamed of, but Arsenal wasn't too bad for much of the match. By the end, the players were looking extremely frustrated, and a no-look pass from Giroud to nobody probably should have been an assist if he had just been using his eyes.Overall, not bad.
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Over in Italy, Juventus managed a 2-2 draw against Bayern Munich, despite the Germans having almost all of the possession. Really, at one point they showed the possession stats, and Bayern had like 80 percent.The German FA has suspended Leverkusen manager Roger Schmidt for 5 games (two of them suspended) for failing to leave the dugout after being ejected during last weekend's match against Dortmund . (Leverkusen lost 1-0.) They also fined him €20,000 (link in German).Turkish soccer legend Hakan Şükür, who appeared 112 times for Turkey before retiring and becoming a member of Parliament, could go to jail for four years for insulting Turkish President Erdoğan and his son on Twitter.Sunderland knew!Barcelona extend the club record to 33 games unbeaten. WWWDWWWWWWWDDDWWWDWWWWWWWWWWDWWWW Goals: 106
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— Squawka Football (@Squawka) February 23, 2016
F1 has introduced a bunch of new things for the upcoming season and beyond, including a new qualifying format and a safer cockpit, which should arrive in 2017.Court hears that Sunderland AFC chief exec Margaret Byrne had copies of Johnson and alleged victim's police interviews on 4 May 2015
— Josh Halliday (@JoshHalliday)February 24, 2016
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The European Champions League wasn't the only Champions League last night. The CONCACAF Champions League happened, too. And Clint Dempsey scored a very dope goal.--Have something you'd like to see here? Email me Brian@vicesports.com or get at me on Twitter @BKBlickClint Dempsey scores a stunning free kick for Seattle Sounders. — FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer)February 24, 2016