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VICE Sports World News Roundup: June 22, 2016

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Good morning, America. It's June 22, 2016. Welcome to the VICE Sports World News Roundup. Be sure to stop by every morning for more headlines from around the world.

Last night, the U.S. played Argentina in the Copa America, with Argentina winning 4-0. The U.S. was completely outplayed from the opening whistle, and Messi scored a free kick goal for the ages.

Messi's free kick golazo vs USA from 9 different angles. — Ben Jata (@BenJata_)June 22, 2016

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U.S. fans seemed extremely confident heading into the match. Here are the Fox pundits predicting the score ahead of time. Hindsight is 20/20, right?

Good luck to underdog Lionel Messi and Argentina! — SportsPickle (@sportspickle)June 22, 2016

Tomorrow Britain will hold its Brexit vote—a referendum on whether to stay in the European Union. If you're wondering how the decision might affect the Premier League, I've got you covered.

Being a retired professional athlete seems weird. Just let it go, bro.

I'm just sayin… — SHAQ (@SHAQ)June 22, 2016

Golfer Rory McIlroy is the latest high profile athlete to decide not to attend the Olympics because of Zika in Brazil.

Speaking of Brazil, yesterday a jaguar got loose and came at a soldier following an Olympic torch ceremony. It was shot dead. Poor kitty.

Photo of the Day

The Arizona Diamondbacks played the Toronto Blue Jays, a game that produced this incredible image of Kevin Pillar becoming entangled in a giant piece of fly paper catching a fly ball against the outfield wall.

Photo by Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports

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