America's Cup: Team New Zealand one point from glory after win over Oracle
Oracle Team USA trail 6-1 after New Zealand win both Sunday’s racesFirst team to seven will be the holders of the Auld MugHelmsman Peter Burling and his underdog Emirates Team New Zealand won two races...
View ArticleNew Zealand win America's Cup with overwhelming victory over Oracle USA
Underdog Emirates Team New Zealand win match 7-1Auld Mug returns to Auckland for first time since 2003Peter Burling is the youngest ever America’s Cup winning helmsman after steering New Zealand to the...
View ArticleNew Zealand reclaim America's Cup with crushing win over US – video
New Zealand has again won the America’s Cup, almost whitewashing the US titleholders with a revolutionary boat and a new superstar sailor to avenge a humbling defeat four years ago. A dominant Team New...
View ArticleAmerica's Cup: New Zealand celebrates 'underdog' victory over billionaires
Hope turned to relief then relief turned to joy for thousands – including country’s prime minister Bill English who celebrated in his pyjamasTwo and a half hours before dawn broke in the southern...
View ArticlePedal power and poker faces: what drove Team New Zealand's America’s Cup...
The new holders of the Auld Mug were the faster, more reliable boat, but there were other factors at play in their famous victory over Team USAIn the end the fight for the oldest trophy in world sport,...
View ArticleAmerica's Cup parade: New Zealand crowds brave thunderstorm to welcome crew
Ecstatic reception as Emirates Team New Zealand parade the Auld Mug in Auckland before national victory tour Tens of thousands of joyful New Zealanders have braved a thunderstorm in Auckland to welcome...
View ArticleBen Ainslie gets America's Cup funding from backer of Brexit and fracking
Jim Ratcliffe of Ineos to fund challenge for most prestigious event in world sailingBen Ainslie’s latest America’s Cup bid is being bankrolled to the tune of £110m by the billionaire pro-Brexit...
View ArticleOne thousand at-risk seagulls moved to make way for America's Cup ferry terminal
Project to move the red-billed gulls colony is believed to be New Zealand’s largest mass relocation of a bird colony The building of infrastructure for the America’s Cup has forced the relocation of...
View ArticleNew Zealand to relax borders for essential workers – and US America's Cup team
With no active Covid-19 cases, NZ to open borders to certain migrants but the move will also help team American Magic for March 2021 competitionNew Zealand is relaxing its borders to grant exemptions...
View ArticleAmerican yacht takes flight and capsizes in Challenger Series race
American Magic’s boat Patriot capsizes in strong windsBen Ainslie’s Ineos Team UK have four wins from four racesNew York Yacht Club’s American Magic were denied their first points in the Challenger...
View ArticleAmerica's Cup: Team New Zealand thanked for role in dramatic rescue
Team were spotted delivering pizzas to rescue crew of American Magic after yacht capsizedThe defending champions and hosts of the America’s Cup, Emirates Team New Zealand, temporarily let go of their...
View ArticleBen Ainslie's crew rise from the deep to keep America’s Cup dream alive | Sam...
The four-time Olympic gold medalist was painfully off the pace before Christmas but is now racing back into contentionHe has done it before. At the 2012 Olympics Ben Ainslie, favourite for the gold...
View ArticleBen Ainslie: 'We haven't achieved anything yet. Our goal is to win the...
Leader of Ineos Team UK is ready to take on Italy’s Luna Rossa in the Prada Cup final with the bigger prize in his sightsChristmas wasn’t a happy one for Ben Ainslie and his Ineos Team UK. They are in...
View ArticleAmerica's Cup all square after tale of two starts on first day of sailing
Team New Zealand get off to good start off coast of AucklandLuna Rossa hits back in second race to draw level at 1-1Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa were all square at 1-1 after the first two races of...
View ArticleTeam New Zealand storm back to level America’s Cup at 2-2
Teams level after a second hard-fought day of racingLuna Rossa win opener in light winds off AucklandTeam New Zealand rallied superbly to level the America’s Cup match at 2-2 after challenger Luna...
View ArticleAmerica's Cup remains deadlocked approaching halfway
Teams level at 3-3 after a third hard-fought day of racingLuna Rossa again win opener before New Zealand fight backHolders Team New Zealand roared back to beat Luna Rossa and make it 3-3 in the 36th...
View ArticleTeam New Zealand stage remarkable comeback to open up America's Cup lead
TNZ wipe out four-minute deficit in dramatic race eight Defender moves ahead 5-3 in best-of-13 series off coast of AucklandTeam New Zealand surged to a 5-3 lead over Luna Rossa in the America’s Cup...
View ArticleTeam New Zealand on brink of America's Cup victory after race nine win
TNZ move into 6-3 lead before racing in Auckland abandonedAuld Mug can be secured when racing resumes on WednesdayTeam New Zealand moved within one race win of a second successive America’s Cup triumph...
View ArticleTeam New Zealand hold nerve to retain America's Cup
Best-of-13 series ends in 7-3 win over Luna RossaDefender secures Auld Mug for a fourth timeTeam New Zealand have won the 36th America’s Cup, beating Luna Rossa 7-3 in the best-of-13 series with a...
View ArticleNew Zealand scrambles to keep America's Cup in home waters after 'rocketship'...
Prime minister Jacinda Ardern leads calls to keep team togetherTNZ retain Auld Mug with 7-3 win over Italians Luna RossaNew Zealand is acting swiftly to keep the America’s Cup in home waters after a...
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