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Good morning, America. Welcome to the VICE Sports World News Roundup. Be sure to stop by daily for your morning headlines.It's the 23rd of December, 2015, and Sepp Blatter is … well, he's not really President of FIFA anymore. I'm not going to lie; it's been a wild ride, and a part of me—the part responsible for writing this daily roundup—is sad to see him go.After making a number of threats about various appeals to the 8-year suspension recently handed down by the FIFA Ethics Committee, Blatter appeared to lay down his arms and surrender today. "I've finished my work in football. I lost faith in our organization on May 27 with this intervention by American law enforcement," Blatter told the Wall Street Journal in an interview yesterday in Zurich. "And the same day it presented FIFA as a mafia-type organization."The FIFA Ethics Committee will now reportedly turn its attention to a joint Dutch-Belgian scheme to buy the 2018 World Cup, which obviously didn't work out.Blatter has also reportedly been stripped of an honorary degree given to him by De Montfort University, in Leicester, England.Speaking of Leicester, the city's soccer team is top of English Premier League, ahead of Arsenal. Just how special is this Leicester team? Consider this: last year, Chelsea's Eden Hazard won the league's Player of the Year award. Already this season, Riyad Mahrez, a guy you maybe have never heard of before, has almost equaled Hazards stats in goals and assists, and the season is only half over.Everton is reportedly in talks with an American consortium, which could buy the Liverpool team for a cool 200 million pounds.Not all is well at Manchester United, where Louis Van Gaal will be fired soon, probably. Some of his players are reportedly doing their best to make sure it happens.According to every media organization in Europe, Jose Mourinho will probably take over at Real Madrid.Former Arsenal and Chelsea fullback Ashley Cole will apparently move to the LA Galaxy. The Galaxy sold defender Omar Gonzalez to Pachuca earlier this week, freeing up a designated player spot.Nick Davies, a close aid to Sebastian Coe, the President of the IAAF, has stepped down after an email was leaked that implicates him in an effort to temporarily cover up some Russian doping activity.I'll never forget you, Sepp. Thanks for all the stories.--Have something you'd like to see here? Email Brian: Brian@vicesports.com or get at him on Twitter: @BKBlick
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