On Wednesday 17th March 2021, Emirates New Zealand beat Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli 7-3 to win the 36th America’s Cup, successfully defending their 2017 victory in the event. The win…
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America’s Cup: New Zealand win a fourth America’s Cup
Emirates Team New Zealand have successfully defended the 36th America’s Cup, giving the kiwis their second successful defence and fourth America’s Cup win after victories in 1994, 2000, 2017 and…
America’s Cup: Thrilling race sees New Zealand edge closer to victory
It was a shifty, patchy day out in Auckland for a thrilling Day 6 of America’s Cup racing, which saw the closest race we have seen in recent weeks in…
America’s Cup: Wacky races as New Zealand claim two wins
A crazy day on the waters of the Hauraki Gulf saw Emirates Team New Zealand the first boat to take both wins in a race day of this America’s Cup…
America’s Cup: Still all square and all to play for
Another day of racing, another win each for the two teams competing in this 36th America’s Cup. Those are the headlines from the third day of racing in Auckland, which…
America’s Cup: Day two, déjà vu as both teams still level
On Wednesday 10th March, after the first day of the America’s Cup racing, we said the racing could be simplified to a case of ‘the boat that won the start,…
America’s Cup day one: This could be closer than many thought
The first day of racing in the America’s Cup is always a hotly anticipated moment. Finally, after years of working towards one goal, we get to see who has developed…
America’s Cup: The key figures for Luna Rossa and New Zealand
As racing gets underway in this 36th America’s Cup, most people’s eyes will be squarely on only a few key players on each boat, the three helmsmen: Peter Burling; Jimmy…
America’s Cup: Analysis of both teams with racing to begin Wednesday
It has been just shy of four years since Emirates Team New Zealand won the America’s Cup in Bermuda in the summer of 2017. The wait will soon be over…
America’s Cup: Opening weekend postponed due to lockdown
An announcement by the organisers of the America’s Cup (America’s Cup Event Ltd) on Sunday 28th February has officially postponed the opening weekend of racing for the America’s Cup Match…
America’s Cup: Our analysis of INEOS’ development
Mere days before the Prada Cup Final to select one of either INEOS Team UK or Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli as the team to take on Emirates Team New Zealand…
Video: Post-race, Pip Hare takes us onboard her Vendée boat
Now back safely on dry land having completed her first ever Vendée Globe race, British sailor, Pip Hare, takes a camera onboard her boat, Medallia, to show us around and…
Prada Cup Final: Luna Rossa wins in impressive style
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli have earned the right to race Emirates Team New Zealand for the America’s Cup as they sailed through the Prada Cup Final to win seven races…
Prada Cup Final: Italy edges closer to victory
INEOS Team UK started the third day of Prada Cup Final racing trailing Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli by four wins as both teams fight for the right to be the…
Prada Cup Final to continue on Saturday
The Prada Cup Final, to select the challenger for the America’s Cup, between INEOS Team UK and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli will restart on Saturday 20th February, following a brief…
Prada Cup: How new lockdown could affect the outcome
After the opening four races of the Prada Cup Final over the weekend, racing was set to continue between INEOS Team UK and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli on Wednesday 17th…
Prada Cup Final: two wins for Italy as Covid-19 delays further racing
“It was a tough day. We can sail a hell of a lot better than that, and we need to. We just gave two races to them off the startline,”…
Prada Cup Final: Italians look quick on day one
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli won both opening races against INEOS Team UK on the first day of racing in the Prada Cup Final on the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, as…
Prada Cup Final: Stage set for epic showdown
It has only been two weeks since we last saw racing in the Prada Cup, precursor to the America’s Cup, but for those who have been following closely, it has…
America’s Cup: Schedule and how to follow the racing
The teams are there, the boats are there, and finally after two months of AC75 racing in Auckland, for the Prada Cup, we know the two teams who will race…