Well, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli (Helmed by both Spithill (The modern day Dennis Conner who is back in the America's Cup but I mean that is the 1st time that Spithill (The current Australian America's Cup hero because John Bertrand was the original Australian America's Cup hero when Australia 1st won the America's Cup way back in 1983 & broke the United States 132 year long winning streak (The longest in sports history when the America's Cup 1st began in 1851 (That's 170 years ago) which opened the door for other nations such as the small country of New Zealand, to compete in the America's Cup when they 1st participated in 1986/87 at the challenger selection series in Fremantle) had actually won a challenger selection series like the Prada Cup but hey, ignorance is bliss) & Bruni) have done it! They are now going to be the challenger of the 36th America's Cup when they face Emirates Team New Zealand starting on the 6th of March after dominating both races against INEOS Team UK (Who have missed out on a big chance to claim the Prada Cup because they were completely out of it) including during the penultimate Prada Cup race that they had a tremendous turnaround & managed to bounce back after losing Saturdays race then during the final race, they overcame the penalty for crossing the start line early which proved to be the game changer to help book a place in the America's Cup match by winning the Prada Cup 7 - 1 (I mean that is bueno, fantastico (Good, fantastic), ending the Brits hopes for America's Cup glory (And it is 3rd time lucky for Italy (They 1st did it in 1992 with the Paul Cayard led Il Moro de Venezia (The syndicate that beat the New Zealand Challenge who were on the verge of something special until they broke the rules for an illegal use of the bowsprit allowing the Italians to pounce by winning the Louis Vuitton Cup but they were unsuccessful of challenging the America's Cup after being outperformed by America3) then in 2000 with the Prada Luna Rossa Challenge (Who outperformed the Paul Cayard (The former Il Moro de Venezia skipper & was the helmsman for Stars & Stripes aboard the Young America yacht in 1995) led AmericaOne 5 - 4 in the Louis Vuitton Cup final (Best of 9 series) to progress into America's Cup 2000 which they got completely thrashed by Team New Zealand) but the Italians have never won the America's Cup & are looking to become the 2nd European country after Switzerland (And 5th after the United States, Australia, New Zealand & Switzerland as I mentioned before most recently) to claim the Auld Mug) & now, this year in 2021 as Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli take on ETNZ in a rematch of America's Cup 2000 in which Team New Zealand dominated as they clean-swept the Italians 5 - 0 in the city of sails in Auckland but now Luna Rossa have been competitive under James Spithill since he rejoined the syndicate from Oracle Team USA after the events of Bermuda in 2017 (Jimmy Spithill had been planning for revenge nearly 4 years in the making after losing the Auld Mug to ETNZ but come up March 6th, the tide will turn as New Zealand & Italy (And Australia because of Spithill) contest the Auld Mug in Auckland this year just like in 2000) but will he win his 3rd America's Cup (His 1st America's Cup victory was in 2010 when Oracle defied the odds to beat Swiss syndicate Alinghi & became the new face of the America's Cup (And was able to follow John Bertrand's footsteps of becoming the successful Australian America's Cup hero) followed by his 2nd & most recent America's Cup victory in 2013 when he pulled off the miracle of San Francisco to edge Dean Barker & Emirates Team New Zealand in an astonishing comeback of the ages) if they want to bring the America's Cup home but 1st they need to beat the Kiwis in the 2021 edition of the America's Cup in Auckland, New Zealand commencing on the 6th of March but the rivalry between Spithill & ETNZ has been extended/renewed (Their rivalry began was in 2013 when they clashed in San Francisco while Spithill was at Oracle (He left Oracle after being on the losing side in Bermuda in 2017 to rejoin Luna Rossa (Who are looking to end New Zealand's America's Cup dominance & ending 170 years of hurt of bringing the Cup home to Italy for the first time but if Emirates Team New Zealand retain the Auld Mug, the next one in 2025 will not be in Auckland but it'll be in either Abu Dhabi or Dubai in the UAE because of their sponsors Emirates Airlines) for the 2021 event) & has continued ever since).
And Japanese tennis sensation Naomi Osaka has taken victory against American competitor Jennifer Brady to regain the Australian Open women's singles crown that Pops & Carole (Who is tennis mad compared to me & Pops being rugby union mad) watched on TV yesterday in front of a reduced crowd (Mainly because of COVID-19 reasons) on Saturday at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, her 2nd in Australia (2 years after her last) & her 4th in her grand slam career (She 1st did it when she beat her idol Serena Williams (Who was on track to win the game until she was involved in an incident with the chair umpire after Williams got pinged for illegal coaching & had to be penalized for both a point & game as a result which proved to be the turning point & caused her to lose the match (And she got fined as well for the incident) because that's what you call an outburst, brain explosion, brain fade &/or moment of madness that Serena made in front of the chair umpire because I have just broken silence on the infamous incident of the 2018 US Tennis Open women's singles final) in the women's singles final at the US Open in 2018 then the Australian Open in 2019 where she beat Czech player Petra Kvitova in the women's singles final & last year in which she regained the US tennis open crown against Belarusian Victoria 'Vika' Azarenka in the women's singles final & now she's done it by winning the Australian Open again this year.
And finally Dan Carter (The 3 time Super Rugby winner with the Crusaders as well as both the 2011 & 2015 World Cup winning player for the AB's) has announced his retirement from all forms of rugby (Well, I guess he's hanging up his boots for now) so he can look after both of his sons Marco & Fox.
So that is my 393rd blog of the year 2021 (MMXXI) & my 13th of this year (And there is 7 remaining until I hit the quadruple ton).
P.S. And I didn't not know that Dad was born in 1969 (Same year that 7 time Formula 1 world champion from Germany, Michael Schumacher (Father of F1 driver now & F2 champion Mick) was born along with Dave Grohl (Former drummer of Nirvana & now the lead singer & guitarist of the band, the Foo Fighters from the USA), Shane Warne (The cricket legend from Australia who is the 2nd highest wicket taker in test cricket behind Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralidaran) & both WWE wrestlers of Batista (Who is an American of Filipino & Greek origin) & Triple H (An American wrestler of French-Canadian descent who is married to Stephanie McMahon (Daughter of Mr McMahon & sister of Shane).
And finally I had to listen to Andrea Bocelli (Who is an apparent heir of the late Luciano Pavarotti & has a son named Matteo who is following in his fathers footsteps as a singer) today in honor of Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli taking victory in the Prada Cup yesterday because Bocelli is Italian & after that, I had to listen to one Linkin Park song By Myself (The song that plays after Runaway & the song that plays before In The End) off the album that I've got which is Hybrid Theory 20th Anniversary Edition to retain that youthful rock energy because of my gimmick of listening to alt rock (And Dad might have listened to AC/DC yesterday possibly in honor of the Australian America's Cup hero Jimmy Spithill).
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