Well, welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first that I was rewatching both old rugby matches involving the Scots & the AB's, such as the one in 1995 in the quarterfinal where 20,000 screaming fanatics (And there even wasn't a full capacity) came to Loftus Versfeld to witness a high scoring affair where 78 points have been scored by both sides, including a double from All Blacks second-five Walter Little (A New Zealander of Fijian descent, & is a relative of brothers who were Fijian internationals Nicky & Lawrence, while he has a son named Michael (Cousin of James) who is a rugby player (He used to play for North Harbour in the NPC & the Sunwolves (Currently defunct as of today) in Super Rugby) just like his famous dad) that made the difference of New Zealand reaching the semi against England, & the other in 2007 during a pool game at Murrayfield where the All Blacks (Who had to wear silver jerseys that were deemed to be a faux pas in terms of fashion for that was considered the worst) put 40 points on Scotland who hardly even got points on the board during the full 80 minutes.
And secondly that so many sporting events to look forward to such as the Winter Games in Milan-Cortina, Italy where the crowds will be fully able to attend the events 4 years after the last Winter Games took place in Beijing, China, with 0 fans mainly due to COVID in 2022, then the men's T20 Cricket World Cup will take place in both India & Sri Lanka (Although Pakistan will play all of their matches there due to them refusing to play in India as a result of political tensions between the 2 countries) with the Indians will be able to defend their title, having won the previous edition in the West Indies & the United States in 2024, & while the big one will be the Football/Soccer men's World Cup being staged in North America such as the United States, Canada & Mexico with 48 sides taking part (Up from 32 from the previous tournament in Qatar 2022 where Argentina led by its inspirational captain Lionel Messi (Who would finally be able to become a World Cup winning captain 36 years after his late idol of Diego Maradona who lifted the trophy aloft) were crowned champions of the world over the reigning champions at the time of France in the final on penalties for which was by far one of the greatest Football/Soccer men's World Cup finals of all-time, in Lusail, as only 32 will go through to the historic first ever round of 32, then 16 advance through to the round of 16, before 8 teams take part in the quarters, while 4 will contest the semi, as well as both losing semifinalists take part in the bronze final, & both winning semifinalists contest the final with only one world champion to be crowned), as well as the scaled down Commonwealth Games takes place in Glasgow (Originally held in the state of Victoria in Australia, but they had a change of plans due to a budget blowout just like Durban, South Africa were originally going to host it in 2022, until Birmingham in England took over the hosting rights from them) in Scotland for the first time since 2014, & the League World Cup being held in Australia & Papua New Guinea 4 years after the last one in England where the Kangaroos emerged the victors over 1st time finalists Toa Samoa (Who became the first side in history from the Pacific Islands, to make the big dance) in the grand final at Manchester last time out.
And thirdly that I must've pre-ordered both the PS4 & PS5 versions of Cricket 26 at EB Games which is due for release on November 20th a day before the Ashes cricket series gets underway in Perth between current holders Australia (It looks like Steve Smith will captain the side, in the absence of regular skipper of Pat Cummins who is unavailable through injury), & England (Led by New Zealand born Ben Stokes in which the English haven't held the Ashes since back in 2018, & it's been a decade since England had last won the Ashes also since back in 2015, although former All Black turned presenter Jeff Wilson who doesn't know which side to pick, but I'm rooting for England since I have family roots from there, especially the Faithfull whanau as well as the now late Carole) in the West test at Perth Stadium for the highly anticipated 1st Ashes test taking place on the 21st to the 25th of November this year.
And finally the latest in Football/Soccer as the iconic San Siro Stade Giuseppe Meazza ground in Milano, Italy for which is the home of both clubs of AC Milan & Inter Milan is closing down therefore being replaced by a new 70,000 seat stadium which will open in 2030 so that they can host a Euros game when the tournament is held in both Italy & Türkiye in 2032, 4 years after the UK & the Republic of Ireland plays host to Euro 2028 because it seemed to be turning into a scrapheap according to the newspaper article on Whanganui Chronicle that I saw before recently (And the British city of Manchester unveiled plans of a new 100,000 seater football/soccer stadium similar to the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne in terms of capacity called New Trafford dubbed as 'The Wembley of the North' as it seeks to replace Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United, but they have encountered a delay when it has been hit by a fresh financial blow as the UK government have previously backed the project with the Treasury recently making a decision on their funding for the new stadium).
So that is my 641st blog of the year 2025 (MMXXV) & my 65th of this year, viva Ukraine.
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