VICE Sports World News Roundup: April 13, 2016

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

Yesterday, Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick as Real Madrid fought back from a 2-0 aggregate deficit to beat Wolfsburg 3-2, on aggregate.

Um, #actually.

Zidane: 'You should not go crazy, as anything can happen in football. I never lost my head as a player, and will never do so as a coach.

— Dermot Corrigan (@dermotmcorrigan)April 12, 2016

Zinedine Zidane also ripped his pants.

Tonight in the Champions League, Atletico Madrid takes on Barcelona, which leads the tie 2-1. Elsewhere, Bayern plays Benfica in Lisbon. Bayern won the first match 1-0.

Watch VICE Sports Contributing Editor Patrick Hruby talk about NCAA racism and his blockbuster story on the subject, Four Years a Student Athlete: The Racial Injustice of Big Time College Sports.

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The idea that soccer players are at risk for degenerative brain diseases linked with concussion and brain trauma is beginning to take hold in the sport. "There's got to be about 250 [former players] that I know of," Dawn Astle, the daughter of former footballer Jeff Astle, whose death was linked to brain trauma, told the BBC. "Not all of the families have come forward and some of the players have passed away."

Gordon Derrick, a (former) CONCACAF presidential candidate, has failed FIFA's now-mandatory integrity check. Australian rugby player Ryan McGoldrick tried to sell himself on Ebay yesterday as a "1981 antique rugby league player."

Tonight is Kobe Bryant's last game.

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