Well, hi everybody, welcome to all our readers here in New Zealand & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning into my Kiwiavenger blog but first in Formula One with the newly crowned 4 time world champion Max Verstappen who was denied pole due to a 1 place grid penalty for blatantly or should I say, deliberately slowing George Russell (Who was later declared the polesitter after Verstappen's pole winning time had been overturned as a result of a penalty) down during qualifying, went on to win in Qatar for his 9th win of the season (In which he his victory wasn't denied but counted as his win in Qatar had to stand), but the constructors championship will be decided in Abu Dhabi (Which hosts the last race of the season which will be the final race of Lewis Hamilton for the constructor he races for of Mercedes-AMG in which he won 6 world championships with since he joined the team in 2013 as a replacement for Michael Schumacher before he heads to Ferrari next year to team up with Charles Leclerc & it'll be the debut Grand Prix for young Aussie Jack Doohan as he takes over Frenchman Esteban Ocon's race seat as Ocon is preparing to go to Haas next year to team up with a young Brit of Ollie Bearman) between McLaren & Ferrari in the aftermath of Lando Norris who got pinged with a stop & go penalty for 10 seconds due to going too fast when the yellow flags were waved so that's why there was an infringement handed out against Norris therefore denying McLaren's chances to wrap it up even though with Red Bull out of the picture of retaining the constructors championship, & also that they should've triggered a yellow flag due to Alex Albon's Williams mirror had come off with Kick Sauber's Valtteri Bottas running over it which caused flatties to both Hamilton (The multiple world champion who drives for Mercedes-AMG would later pick up a drive through penalty for speeding in the pit lane) & Carlos Sainz (The Williams bound Ferrari driver).
And the latest in America as US president elect Donald Trump names his cabinet being announced including Marco Rubio (Who is sanctioned by China in 2020) as secretary of state & Kash Patel becoming the new director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation once he takes office as he declares war on both immigration (In which military personnel are being sent for a mass deportation is being required in which immigrants are being sent home to their home country/country of birth even though with the military being given orders to them) & the tariff stuff (In which gaming stuff such as PlayStation are expected to be expensive once Trump is sworn in yet again on Inauguration Day this year) which has been going on there, but the latest as there is a ceasefire between Israel & Hezbollah in Lebanon which has been confirmed, but why has the Israelis continue to invade Gaza? Come on! And meanwhile that there is a civil war going on there in Syria as rebels take control of the 2nd largest city in the country of Aleppo, so that's why the civil war began in 2011 due to a clamp down on pro-democracy protests according to the president Bashir al-Assad (Who had to flee to Russia to get away from the Rebels with Syria now entering the post al-Assad family rule (First it was Bashar's dad Hafez (Who passed away in 2000 at the age of 69 due to a cardiac arrest) & then, Bashar himself took over before the rebels storm in to take over Syria as he fled to a different country).
And onto the rugby stuff as Wallace Sititi (Who I label him as New Zealand rugby's equivalent of cricket's Rachin Ravindra with Sititi being rocketed to stardom by following his famous dad Semo's footsteps of becoming a pro) has been crowned the World Rugby breakthrough player of the year at the awards which took place in Monte Carlo in the principality of Monaco following his impressive season he had for both the Chiefs in the Super Rugby Pacific season & the All Blacks during the test season, but disaster for our defending Olympic champions the Black Ferns sevens (Who were riding high after retaining the gold in Paris against Canada during the gold medal match at the Summer Games in Paris) as we fell short in the Dubai women's 7's final against the Wallaroos sevens who had a disappointing Olympics, but now on the recovery mode to take the lead in the standings after the Aussies start their Olympic cycle by claiming the Dubai women's sevens championship with their star player Maddison Levi (The women's sevens player of the year) who scored the winning try off an intercept which was the turning point that the Australians needed before the Black Ferns sevens (Who had young Jorja Miller as our rugby player of the year at the NZ rugby awards) had a fantastic turnaround in Cape Town to win the South African leg of the women's cup when we defeated the United States in the final.
And finally in the Premier League in England as league leaders Liverpool (Who are leading by 9 ahead of Arsenal but can they chase Liverpool down? I hope not from Leon Benbaruk's point of view) defeated the defending champions Man City (Who need to regroup by getting a bunch of good players with the January transfer window fast approaching, while their coach Pep Guardiola signalling 6 to the Liverpool crowd which the Liverpool fans didn't like it by booing Guardiola which indicates the continuation of the invincibility of Manchester City's utter dominance) by 2 goals to nil (The goal scorers for Liverpool are young Dutchman Cody Gakpo & the star Egyptian Mo Salah) to maintain their lead in the standings before a late goal by Newcastle United off Swiss player who plays for the club, Fabian Schaer, has denied Liverpool a certain win as they snatched a draw which was the game changer inspired by Maddie Levi's try that sink the Black Fern's sevens quest of winning in Dubai in the women's 7's cup final, meaning that their lead in the Premier League has been cut to possibly 7 or 8 after Arsenal's win against Man United while Chelsea close the gap on the league leaders Liverpool who had their Merseyside derby game against Everton postponed due to Storm Darragh.
So that is my 584th blog of the year 2025 (MMXXV) & my 8th of this year, viva Ukraine & Palestine.
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