



What I want to put through via these blogs are the big moments in major sports over the week, my opinion of them and maybe even some extraordinary moments from minor leagues of these sports that I follow. So let's get into it with week 1.









KOBE

This week started off with a horrific and unimaginable helicopter crash in Calabasas. All-time Laker great Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna were two of the nine people who died in the crash. The entire NBA and sporting world paid tribute to Kobe from Neymar dedicating his goal to No.24 to the 24-second violations in the NBA throughout the week to honor No.24. Mark Cuban even said that no maverick will ever wear number 24 ever again, in honor of Kobe.

Kobe was an inspiration to an entire generation of not just basketball players and fans but to an entire generation in general. To me, Kobe was an icon. Kobe wasn't the reason I started playing basketball, rather Kobe is the reason I still play basketball. To talk about him I will need a post in itself, for now, I don't have the words to do so.





NEW ZEALAND'S TRYST WITH THE SUPER OVER





After losing the first T20 to India on Friday, the Black Caps came in all guns blazing, until the match began. After a disappointing batting performance on Sunday, the Black Caps had no chance of winning after Lokesh Rahul(57) and Shreyas Iyer(44) got it going. A good knock from both of them got India a 2-0 lead.





After losing the game on Sunday the Black Caps came out and gave it their all, but to be really honest the next two games that New Zealand lost were their games to lose. With both games going to the super over ( which they lost obviously), the Black Caps could have made the series 2-2 which would have led to a nail-biting 5th game. But instead, we saw a master class from Rohit Sharma. Yes, we can't forget Kane Williamson but when you're 4-0 down in a 5 game series I don't think it really matters.





FOOTBALL





EPL

We saw Liverpool beat West Ham for an easy 3 points. Ox and Salah got on the score sheet.

On Saturday we saw Antonio Rudiger find the net twice for Chelsea for a 2-2 draw against the foxes. We also saw what can be described as murder at Anfield where Southhampton got thumped 4-0 but the Egyptian king and his fellow Reds. A late goal for Theo Walcott gave Everton the 'W' against Watford. It's nice to see players like Walcott score goals. To me, they feel like players who didn't reach their potential due to circumstances. As of now, United are still goalless against wolves. After all this, we see Liverpool 22 points ahead of City with City having played a game lesser.



OTHER LEAGUES

We saw Madrid beat Athletico. Why am I not surprised? The teams started the game by paying tribute to Kobe Bryant.

In the Bundesliga there is and can be only one headline, "ERLING HAALAND HAS ARRIVED!"

anyone who says otherwise is kidding.

As of me writing this, PSG is dominating, as always.

Bengaluru FC, finally gave a half-decent performance this week over Hyderabad. Hopefully, they don't mess up their tactics again.





OTHER SPORTS





Andrade-Keeler was a boring boxing event. Andrade outclassed Keeler and Jake destroyed Aneson Gib. But thank fuck we get to see Wilder-Fury 2 this month. So fucking hyped for that. A post based just on that will be coming soon.









This is literally my first attempt at a blog, I'm doing it out of the love I have for sports and professional competitiveness. Please let me know what I can do to better myself as I know this is probably the worst blog in the world.

















This is the first edition of "This week in sports". I've gone back and forth about doing this for a really long time and right about now I thought to myself and said 'fuck it, I'mma do it'.