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Good morning, America. It's May 31, 2016. Welcome to the VICE Sports World News Roundup. Be sure to stop by every morning for more headlines from around the world.Alan Pulido, a Mexican soccer player playing for Olympiakos, was allegedly kidnapped over the weekend, only to escape by shooting one of his captors. It's a wild story in its own right, but there are some rumors out there that the whole thing was some kind of setup, and that he was never kidnapped to begin with. Keep an eye on this one.Following the end of the Mexican soccer season, Club Tijuana has made its entire roster up for transfer.A bunch of European teams are announcing their rosters for the Euro Cup today. Germany's does not include Marco Reus, arguably Germany's best player, who is injured. Reus also missed the World Cup because of injury.Spain has decided to leave something to the imagination:The (very stoked) Golden State Warriors are your Western Conference champions. They came back from a 3-1 series deficit to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder.--Have something you'd like to see here? Email me Brian@vicesports.com or get at me on Twitter @BKBlick
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Keylor Navas, Real Madrid's Champions League winning goalkeeper, will miss the Copa America with Costa Rica thanks to an Achilles injury.Bethany Hamilton, a surfer who had her arm bitten off by a shark in 2003, competed as a wild card in last week's stop on the World Surf League. Against the world's best, she took third.OFFICIAL | These are the 19 — Selección Española (@SeFutbol)May 31, 2016
Beyond stoked to finish 3rd in the — Bethany Hamilton (@bethanyhamilton)May 31, 2016