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VICE Sports World News Roundup: April 7, 2016

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Good morning, America. It's April 7, 2016. Welcome to the VICE Sports World News Roundup. Be sure to stop by every morning for more headlines from around the world.

After hearing two years of testimony, the jury is finally out on the Hillsborough inquest. Per the BBC, the ten jurors will "decide if the [96 deceased Liverpool] supporters were unlawfully killed in the 1989 disaster."

A former doctor with the Swedish national team has accused Zlatan Ibrahimovic of doping during the time the striker was at Juventus. Ibra says he'll sue.

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Speaking of Ibrahimovic, he had a penalty saved and scored a really weird goal when PSG tied Manchester City 2-2 in the Champions League last night.

David Luiz played, too.

ALL TIME RECORD - David Luiz booking (12 seconds) is the quickest in the UEFA Champions League history

— MisterChip (English) (@MisterChiping)April 6, 2016

In the night's other Champions League match, Wolfsburg beat Real Madrid 2-0 (!).

For maybe the first time ever, the week's most anticipated match (at least by me) is in the Europa League rather than the Champions League. Tonight, Jurgen Klopp returns to Dortmund, where his Liverpool team will play BVB. It's basically the only thing the German media has talked about this week. Expect a good game. Klopp told reporters he's sort of sick of the storyline, saying this sort of match "is normal" before reminding everyone that as kids, "we always played against our best friends and wanted to beat them."

Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri wrote a piece for the Players' Tribune. Money quote: "I have heard we even have some new supporters in America following us."

Speaking of Leicester City, a Reddit user made a weekly chart of the odds offered by bookies on Leicester's chance at winning the Premier League. In case you need reminding, the team started the season at 5000/1.

Here's a weird one: David Haigh, the former managing director of Leeds United, spent most of the last two years in a Dubai prison, accused of fraud. He says he was tortured while incarcerated.

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The Masters is happening down in Georgia. Looks like the ball might have gotten away from Zach Johnson during a practice session.

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