Well, this just in as calls for police reforms to curb racial profiling (Which is a massive problem to their society throughout most Americans) in America in wake of the 29 year old innocent African American man named Tyre Nichols who got bashed to death by police in Memphis, Tennessee, reminiscent to the events of the racially motivated murder of George Floyd by officer Derek Chauvin (Who is currently serving time behind bars for the murder of Floyd) in Minneapolis, Minnesota back in 2020 which was a corona virus affected year with 5 African American cops set to be charged for the brutal assault & murder of Nichols (And the US vice president of Kamala Harris (Who is the 1st US female vice president in history) attended Tyre Nichol's funeral).
And there was Chinese spy balloon sightings throughout America as calls for US president Joe Biden (Who feared for his safety along with his family due to the US Secret Service (The US president's official security provider since 1903 & was established just before Abraham Lincoln got assassinated in 1865) had announced that they made the right decision to heighten security in time for the State of the Union address which they had taken place on the 8th of February last month (New Zealand time) that they ordered to shoot down the balloon but the military had to wait until the balloon had reached the sea before a heat seeker missile from a US fighter jet finally took the Chinese spy balloon down afterwards & it will be handed to the labs at FBI in the state of Virginia in which China had condemned it about the incident but there was another sighting of a 2nd Chinese spy balloon, this time in both Colombia & Costa Rica in Latin America had happened/occurred.
And the Six Nations rugby season for this year is well & truly underway so here's the results from the weekend so far:
Wales 10 - 34 Ireland (It was the number 1 ranked Ireland's night as they cruise to victory over Wales (It was Warren Gatland's 1st game back in charge after he replaced Wayne Pivac to become the coach of Wales yet again) at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, going into the next game against the number 2 ranked France at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin hoping to end France's 14 game winning streak just like they did against the All Blacks in 2016 in Chicago (Which was a landmark history) & England in 2017 in Dublin during the last round of the Six Nations, but the Ireland-France clash is similar to a title unification match at Wrestlemania 38 last year but who'll provide the Roman Reigns moment? Is it going to be either the French or the Irish? We'll find it out on the 12th of February New Zealand time)
England 23 - 29 Scotland (And it was the Scottish who celebrated with a win by successfully retaining the Calcutta Cup for another year in which they were holders since 2021 (And it was Steve Borthwick's 1st game in charge as the new England coach who took over from Wallabies bound Eddie Jones) a Twickenham in London with South African born Scottish international Duhan van der Merwe (Who was the standout player of the game) crossing over for the try not once but twice (And it was probably my standout matches by far, in the 1st round of this years Six Nations season)
& Italy 24 - 29 France (And the number 2 ranked France (Host nation of this years Rugby World Cup & defending Six Nations champions) who came away with a win in a nail biting encounter against Italy (Who had the chance to go for the win but failed as the resilient French side held on for the victory going into the next match against the dominant Ireland side who are favourites to win both the Six Nations as well as the RWC this year & have never won a Six Nations title since they last achieved the grand slam in 2018, in Dublin which is going to be a key matchup in which France will put their 14 match winning streak on the line, but have never lost a test since 2021 against Australia in a test series decider in Brisbane as well as becoming the 3rd side during the professional era after the All Blacks in 2013 & England in 2016 to go through the calendar year, undefeated in which they won all of their games last year) to extend their winning streak to 14 games at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome)
And the latest on the tennis as Novak Djokovic (Who returns as the top ranked male tennis player in the world after his success down under in Australia as well as he made a successful return after a year absence due to his vaccination status in which he shouldn't have allowed him to play & is one of the sports people in the world who is an anti-vax, along with NFL player Aaron Rodgers & NBA player Kyrie Irving who now plays for his new NBA team, the Dallas Mavericks after previously played for the Cleveland Cavaliers where he won 1 NBA championship with, the Boston Celtics & his previous team now, the Brooklyn Nets (I did not know the general manager of the Nets is, & it's a Kiwi who is a former NBA player, Sean Marks) revealed that he played with an injury which helped him win the Australian Open according to the tournament director that Djokovic should not have played as a result of an injury as many of the top players like Carlos Alcaraz, would've pulled out of the event.
And back onto the rugby stuff as the All Blacks 1st test match of the year is against Argentina (Which is a Football World Cup winning country now since they succeeded in Qatar last year which was Lionel Messi's last outing in international football in which he is a bonafide football god right now) in a shortened Rugby Championship, in preparation for this years Rugby World Cup in which the Argentinians will have a chance of claiming their 1st win against the AB's at home (They came so close in 1985 when the 2nd test match had ended in a draw in Buenos Aires) after winning it twice in 2020 where they had their 1st win in Sydney & last year in Christchurch for the 2nd time (And that's the last time New Zealand (And every time the All Blacks would win the RWC, we would always beat the Argy Bargies 1st during the tournament, but New Zealand has never won a Rugby World Cup without beating the Argentinians first (We came so close in 1995, only for the South Africans who had their first five of Joel Stransky kick a winning drop goal in which he struck his name across rugby history according to New Zealand rugby commentator Keith Quinn, therefore breaking our hearts which resulted the host country being united after their win as well as their great leader as I mentioned in my previous blogs, which is the late Nelson Mandela (Who was the president of South Africa at the time who passed away in 2013 (He's also good friends/mates with the former Springbok rugby great & captain, Francois Pienaar) would taste defeat in international rugby & our country is on 1st equal along with the South Africans for most Rugby World Cup titles won with 3) in both Rugby Championship tests.
And finally the latest on one of the all time great quarterbacks in the NFL as the 45 year old Tom Brady calls time on his career again in American football (Last year he retired then he came out of retirement to play one last season & now in all of a sudden, he's retired once again) as his career accolades is incredible as he took home the Vince Lombardi trophy 7 times (The most by an individual player), 6 times with the New England Patriots & once with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as well as a 3 time league MVP & a 5 time Super Bowl MVP (And he began his NFL career as an undrafted player for the New England Patriots where he became the back-up quarterback to Drew Bledsloe, & that's why Brady's first taste into NFL action began after the injury to Bledsloe, during the game against the New York Jets back in 2001, but his last game in the NFL was against Dak Prescott & the Cowboys on the 17th of January this year during a NFL Wild Card Round in which the Tampa Bay Buccaneers crashed out of contention of making it into the playoffs after losing to them, in Brady's last ever game in the NFL before calling it quits according to a social media post that he had that went viral).
So that is my 486th blog of the year 2023 (MMXXIII) & my 10th of this year, viva Ukraine.
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