VICE Sports World News Roundup: January 13th, 2016

Good morning, America. It's January 13th, 2016. Welcome to the VICE Sports World News Roundup. Be sure to stop every morning for more headlines from around the world.

FIFA General Secretary and former Sepp Blatter right hand man Jerome Valcke has been fired.

Brayan Jimenez, former Guatemalan Football Federation president, was arrested in Guatemala as part of the U.S. Justice Department's ongoing investigation into FIFA corruption.

More news from the Russian doping scandal. The IAAF considered covering the whole thing up, and at least knew about it for years before it came to light.

Yesterday featured some hot mid-week Premier League action. Not only did Manchester United manage to score three (3) goals, but Wayne Rooney was one of the goal scorers. Unfortunately for United, Newcastle also scored three goals. In other surprises, Aston Villa won a match, beating Palace 1-0. Bournemouth lost 1-3 to West Ham (not a surprise).

The Newcastle United equalizer was dope.

Huge, if true

De Bruyne's agent says the player agreed to join Bayern last summer but the club refused to pay €75m to Wolfsburg — Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia)January 12, 2016

Some Mario Balotelli gossip, courtesy of a former teammate: "the former Inter striker had a very strange habit of turning up early to urinate on his team-mate's boots before training."

Oh no! Someone tagged up Ronaldo's well-endowed statue with a pro-Messi message.

Here is a photo of where the "Los Angeles Rams" might one day play. VICE Sports Editor Eric Nusbaum had this to say about the move:

The first thing I wrote when I came on staff at — eric nusbaum (@ericnus)January 12, 2016

I am also from LA, and #IStandWithNusbaum

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