Alinghi hopes to sail away with Cup
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Alinghi can feel the breeze, and another America's Cup trophy just might be waiting in the wind.
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Six syndicates have been accepted to  challenge America's Cup holders Alinghi for international  yachting's most prestigious prize when it returns to Europe for  the first time in over 150 years in 2007.
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VALENCIA, Spain  - Bigger, faster yachts will contest the next America's Cup, although when and where the 33rd edition of sailing's premier event will be held has yet to be decided.
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Alinghi and Team New Zealand began trawling through video footage of the first two races of the America's Cup on Monday, searching for clues that can help them gain advantage in the series, which is level at 1-1.
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Dopo aver vinto la Coppa America per la seconda volta consecutiva, Alinghi organizzer&agrave; un tou...
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Emirates Team New Zealand moved within one victory of an America's Cup rematch with Alinghi by beating Luna Rossa to take a 4-0 lead Tuesday in the Louis Vuitton Cup final.
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With airport fire trucks blasting water cannons in salute, the crew of the Americaâs Cup champion Alinghi returned to Switzerland yesterday and was hailed by the countryâs president as a symbol of Swiss pride and diversity.Ernesto Bertarelli, the billionaire head of Alinghi, hoisted the silver trophy at the aircraft door. He was applauded by fans and a government delegation. âIâm enormously proud to be here in Geneva with you for the second time,â said Bertarelli, who made Switzerland the first European nation to successfully defend the title in yachtingâs premier event. Switzerland scored a major upset in 2003 by taking the Cup from the Kiwis, bringing sportâs oldest international trophy to Europe for the first time in more than 150 years. On Tuesday, Alinghiâs dramatic one-second win over Emirates Team New Zealand in Valencia, Spain, ended the closest Americaâs Cup regatta in 24 years, a 5-2 Swiss victory. Bertarelli declined to say whether the next Cup would be held in two or four years and whether it would be contested in Valencia.
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VALENCIA, Spain, June 1 -- Emirates Team New Zealand took a big first step in its America's Cup quest today, beating Italy's Luna Rossa by a boat-length to go up, 1-0, in best-of-nine challenger finals here. The Kiwis celebrated as they always do -- not at all.
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The French luxury goods giant Louis Vuitton has ended its sponsorship of the Americaâs Cup after 24 years because of concerns that the event has become too commercial. The chief operating officer of Americaâs Cup Management, Michel Hodara, called the criticism an exaggeration.
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VALENCIA, Spain  - Bigger, faster yachts will contest the next America's Cup, although when and where the 33rd edition of the race will be held has yet to be decided.
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Defending champion Alinghi evened the America's Cup with a 30-second victory in the fourth race on Wednesday.
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Alinghi and Team New Zealand go into the third race of their best-of-nine America's Cup series on Tuesday with the Kiwis hoping they have the psychological edge after breaking the Swiss syndicate's winning run.
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Team New Zealand will push thoughts of a 24-year jinx aside on Sunday when they take on defenders Alinghi in their second America's Cup race after losing the first.
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Emirates Team New Zealand will now have a chance to sail for the Americaâs Cup against Alinghi, the Swiss syndicate that raided the Kiwisâ talent and pried the trophy away in 2003.
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Brazil&#39;s champions are being flown from Europe to compete at high altitude in Ecuador without acclimatization. Iraq is competing against the Palestinian team.
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VALENCIA, Spain, July 2 -- Alinghi can feel the breeze, and another America's Cup trophy just might be waiting in the wind.
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Simon Daubney, a four-time Americaâs Cup-winning crew member, failed a doping test in June and quit his Alinghi team yesterday. Daubney, who helped Alinghi, a Swiss syndicate, win its second straight Americaâs Cup trophy in July, faces an automatic two-year ban after testing positive June 23. The test was taken on the opening day of the competition, which Alinghi won, 5-2, over Emirates Team New Zealand in Valencia, Spain. Daubney, 48, who also won titles in 1995 and 2000 with Team New Zealand, denied knowingly taking a banned substance.