Good morning, America. Welcome to the VICE Sports World News Roundup. Be sure to stop by daily for your morning headlines.It's the 15th of September, 2015, and Sepp Blatter is still president of FIFA.FIFA is accusing the Caribbean Football Union of failing to pay FIFA what it was owed for television coverage of the 2010 and 2014 World Cups.The Champions League happened last night and, HAHA!, both Manchester clubs lost, City to Juventus and United to PSV.
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The United match featured a very gross leg break. Poor Luke Shaw, who is just 20, suffered a double fracture.Galatasaray's tifo game was on point last night. They seem very excited to be in Turkey:Here's PSV's Hector Moreno (who says he's sorry!) about to break Luke Shaw's leg.
The controversy over the U.S. Soccer Federation's refusal to grant solidarity payments to clubs in the U.S. that have successfully developed professional players made its way all the way to the Senate floor, where Senator Maria Cantwell questioned the USSF's policy. USSF responded by saying, "solidarity payment mechanisms could be found to violate the antitrust laws of the United States given their potential impact on the mobility of players." Something tells me this isn't' the last we'll hear about this!Four-time NHL All-Star Simon Gagne is retiring.An offensive lineman at Princeton has come out as gay. Money quote: "People will surprise you. I was definitely concerned that people, teammates, would react poorly. I think in this day and age, people really just don't care about it."