VICE Sports World News Roundup: June 1, 2016

Good morning, America. It's June 1, 2016. Welcome to the VICE Sports World News Roundup. Be sure to stop by every morning for more headlines from around the world.

League Two club Blackpool issued a strange statement in which it wonders about the origin of the money invested in the club by club president Valeri Belokon, a Latvian businessman.

All the Euro Cup squads are out. You can see them here. You could also go look at The Guardian's interactive guide to the Euro Cup, which is way cooler.

The Guardian also has a piece on U.S. soccer's diversity problem, which is probably worth checking out.

#Data

12 - Juventus and Liverpool FC are the most represented clubs at EURO 2016 - 12 players apiece. International. — OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo)June 1, 2016

Here's a quote from U.S.-born Italian striker Giuseppe Rossi's agent that is sure to get U.S. national team fanatics all fired up: "In hindsight, going back to when he chose between representing Italy or the USA, we should have chosen the USA."

Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic are into the quarterfinals of the French Open.

Here is a photograph of the Milky Way as it appeared over Baja California yesterday after a day of practice for the Baja 500.

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