Good morning, America. Welcome to the VICE Sports worldwide news roundup. Be sure to stop by daily for your morning headlines.It's the 7th of July, 2015, and Sepp Blatter is still president of FIFA.Speaking of FIFA, the organization has issued a seven-year ban to Harold Mayne-Nicholls, the bid inspector for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups. Here's Deutsche Welle: "The football body did not provide specific information about his offense, but said in a statement it was connected to a breach of confidentiality rule in FIFA's code of ethics. It added that more details would be released, 'after this final decision becomes effective.'"
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Remember when Micronesia's soccer team lost 30-0 at the Pacific Games last week? Well they've gone and done it again, losing to Vanuatu by at least 42-0, but it might have been more! The scorekeeper apparently gave up before the game was over.
Long time Real Madrid captain Iker Casillas appears to have agreed to join Portuguese super club Porto. Tell me you saw this coming and I'll call you a liar.Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams are into the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. On the Gentleman's side of the draw, Federer and Murray are both into the quarters. Number one seed Novak Djokovic has yet to play his fourth round opponent, the South African Kevin AndersonThe CONCACAF Gold Cup begins this evening. Panama plays Haiti while the U.S. takes on Honduras.Floyd Mayweather has been stripped of the welterweight belt he won by defeating Manny Pacquiao in the "fight of the century." Per the New York Times: "The W.B.O. said it is against rules for boxers to hold world titles in multiple weight classes and that Mayweather had to indicate which weight division he would retain."Alex Rodriguez didn't even make the bench for the American League All Stars. He must not be very good at baseball.The Tour de France featured a monster pile up yesterday. Today, Stage 4 is under way.It's mayhem here. Scorerkeeper left his desk and now no one knows exact score. Vanuatu have at least 42. One guy scored 14 of them.
— Kevin Darling (@darlingkevin) July 7, 2015