Well, we're a month away until the Olympics in Paris, France that I'm always looking forward to, but security has being heightened/upped for that occasion to safeguard the athletes, officials, coaches & the athlete's families from any possible terrorist activity & cyberattacks as well as due to of course, political tensions surrounding the Israeli invasion of Hamas as well as that terrible event that I still cannot post it on my blogs not only it is objectionable & sensitive to the country who started it which is still going since February 24th in 2022, but the Euros in Germany at Euro 2024 is underway with the host nation who is set to square off against Scotland in the tournament opener in Muenchen at the Muenchen Arena which was opened in either 2005 or 2006 in time for the Football World Cup which was held in that country.
And the America's Cup (Which is back after 3 years since Emirates Team New Zealand's 2nd successful defence of the Auld Mug against Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli at the City of Sails in Auckland, New Zealand in the most recent America's Cup in 2021 (And Alinghi wasn't there at the time when NZ retained the holy grail of world sailing for only the second time just like in 2000 (The first time New Zealand successfully defended the cup) in which the syndicate was known as FAST 2000) in Barcelona, Spain is due to get underway first with the Louis Vuitton Cup (Formerly Prada Cup before LV took over the sponsorship rights again to the AC challenger series) in September with 5 challengers such as France, Italy, Switzerland (Who are the favourites according to the bookmakers in which they haven't won since 2007 & last held it in 2010 when they were defeated against Oracle who held on to it until 2017 against ETNZ in Bermuda), UK & the United States (Well, if American Magic win it, the next edition of the America's Cup will be held in Pensacola, Florida, United States) all vying to dethrone our own Emirates Team New Zealand to become the new holders of the Auld Mug, just like Alinghi did in 2003 where they conquered them in Auckland against Team New Zealand (Who later became Emirates Team New Zealand who are our current holders of the Auld Mug since 2017 in which we won in Bermuda against the all-Aussie crew of Oracle Team USA) with the Swiss becoming the 4th different nation to claim the America's Cup after the US, Australia & New Zealand.
And it's been 19 years since Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith came out in cinemas world wide which is the last movie of the prequel trilogy (But the 1st movie of the prequels of The Phantom Menace is celebrating their 25th anniversary so I'll be seeing the film in November on Blu-ray on my PS5 console), so I will be watching that movie on the 4th of May which is Star Wars day which is the unofficial day for Star Wars observers/fans out there a day (And it's just 3 years away until the beloved Star Wars franchise celebrates it's 50th anniversary of the film's release which is in 2027 (A year after the new Star Wars: New Jedi Order movie comes out) before Cinco de Mayo which is a yearly celebration held to celebrate Mexico's win of the 2nd French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, led by General Ignacio Zaragoza.
And finally Pops told me on the 3rd of May that one commented about the late great New Zealander of Jonah Lomu being one of the all-time greats in the sport of rugby throughout the mid 90's to early 2000's period, but too bad he passed away in 2015 due to health problems that he's always had to deal with which haunted him throughout his life & he shares similarities to the late American boxer Muhammad Ali (Who passed away in 2016), but no rugby players from any country as of today could emulate Lomu & his performances on the rugby field that he used to have (But now they have Frenchman Antoine Dupont who is now the best rugby player in the world during the modern era, but it's a shame that his country of France were unable to become world champions in rugby due to a defeat against the reigning champs South Africa in the quarterfinal of the Rugby World Cup last year by a single point in which the French fell short on that occasion).
So that is my 548th blog of the year 2024 (MMXXIV) & my 24th of this year, viva Ukraine & Palestine.
P.S. And a big shoutout to Pops wishing him all the best for his big 77 so best wishes to Pops for his 77th birthday.
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