Good morning, America. Welcome to the VICE Sports World News Roundup. Be sure to stop by daily for your morning headlines.It's the 29th of September, 2015, and Sepp Blatter is still president of FIFA. Your regular rounder-upper, Brian Blickenstaff, is on vacation. Please give him a warm welcome upon his return. Pretend that you missed him.The greatest soccer player to ever watch, Ronaldinho, is no longer with Fluminense. Is his career over? I want to cry.Speaking of wanting to cry, Chelsea midfielder Kasey Palmer cried to EA Sports because he's not good looking enough in FIFA 16. He has a point:Malmo is hosting Real Madrid in a Champions League group qualifying match, so they're pulling out all the stops. They shortened their field by a few feet, hoping this will throw off Ronaldo's equilibrium, or something.This may come as a total shock, but Louis Van Gaal is being a total dick. The Manchester United manager has told keeper Victor Valdes he can't be at the training ground with the first team. The Mirror reports that Van Gaal hasn't even spoken to Valdes directly about it. What a coward.In more uplifting news, check out this sick goal from the Iranian women's futsal team:Brian usually does a photo of the day, but to mix it up a bit, here's your motivational Sepp Blatter quote of the day:
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Of course the man in charge of FIFA when the World Cup was awarded to a desert would think beach soccer can be played "anywhere."We will bring it back, we will bring it back offshore and bring it back to the beach…. Beach soccer can be played anywhere. We have to work on that.