Well, with only 3 rounds to go, only 8 teams can make it through to the playoffs of Super Rugby as round 16 got started when the Blues had a disappointing draw against the Bulls at Eden Park in Auckland then the Chiefs caused the biggest boil over in Super Rugby, dismantling the top of the table Crusaders in an epic comeback victory & a 10 try thriller to still keep their season alive & kicking at ANZ National Stadium in Suva, Fiji then the 14 man Hurricanes (Who had blindside flanker Vaea Fifita red carded after a dangerous head high tackle on a Sharks player) finally deserve a win against the Sharks at Jonsson Kings Park in Durban.
And in European soccer news, Liverpool win the Champions League title against Spurs for the 1st time in 14 years but the match began when Liverpool had been awarded a penalty for an illegal handball by Moussa Sissoko inside the penalty area allowing Mohamed Salah (Who missed his club's epic comeback win against Barcelona in the Champions League semifinal) to put them in front (Welcome back eh? What an untimely return to the starting lineup for Mo Salah to convert a penalty like that) then during the later stages in the 2nd half, Liverpool scored another goal, this time to substitute Divock Origi (Who got 2 against Barcelona in the semifinal) who had just come on for Roberto Firmino (Who also missed his club's epic comeback win against Barcelona in the Champions League semifinal along with Salah) but the match ended after 90 full on minutes as Liverpool (Which is England's most successful club in the UEFA Champions League) claim their 6th European title (They 1st did it in 1977, then 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005 (Including that dramatic penalty shootout win against AC Milan) & now 2019)...And yes, they managed to complete their redemption mission (And they were back to its best) after missing out last year to Real Madrid (The most successful Spanish & European club in the UEFA Champions League because they won it 13 times (Their last triumph was last year but this year, they lost to Ajax in the Round of 16 & missed out on claiming their 4th title in a row).
And the 2019 Cricket World Cup is underway with hosts England (Led by captain Eoin Morgan) began their campaign with a win (Including that catch of the century by New Zealand born player playing for England, Ben Stokes) against the Faf du Plessis led South Africa (They dropped both games against the Mashrafe Mortaza led Bangladesh (Who narrowly lost to New Zealand (Captained by Kane Williamson) in their next game) & the Virat Kohli led India (Rohit Sharma scored the 1st century of the World Cup when he got 122 not out) before eventually fallen to the Safaraz Ahmed led Pakistan (Who had just lost to the Jason Holder led West Indies (They are due to play against Australia tonight) in their opening game) in their next game then New Zealand beat the Dimuth Karunaratne led Sri Lanka (Who had beaten the Gulbadin Naib led Afghanistan (Who nearly pulled off the biggest boil over in the Cricket World Cup) in their next match) by 10 wickets to start their World Cup with a flourish then Australia (Led by Aaron Finch) began their title defence with victory against minnows Afghanistan.
And finally in boxing news, something has just happened as Andy Ruiz Jr completed the biggest boil over, knocking over Britain's Anthony Joshua (AKA AJ) in a surprise win which shocked the boxing world to become IBO, WBA & WBO heavyweight boxing champion of the world meaning that Joshua's undefeated record is over (Well, remind me of James 'Buster' Douglas shock win against 'Iron' Mike Tyson in Tokyo, Japan way back 29 years ago, well that sets the tone eh?).
So that is my 287th blog of the year 2019 (MMXIX) & my 27th of this year.
P.S. Well, my 28th birthday is coming up tomorrow (Dad had his birthday yesterday so we went to the St John's club for dinner where I had ham steaks with roast vegetables (Except corn) & pasta & cous cous salads then I had that lemon cheesecake for dessert but we're going to Caroline's for my birthday dinner tomorrow night) but I've finally got the PS4 Pro for my birthday (I got it from The Warehouse & the graphics look sick (That means good when young people say that) because it has clear cut graphics) on Sunday (I used my money to buy it).
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