Giles Scott is waiting. Like all of this year’s Olympic cohort, he is in a strange pre-Games limbo. Normally at this point in an Olympic cycle only the most finicky…
Everything you need to know about the 37th America’s Cup
Match racing tactics: Ian Williams on America’s Cup moves
There’s no question: the final Prada Cup Round Robin race between INEOS Team UK and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli was any absolute humdinger. With nine lead changes, this scorcher of…
How New Zealand became the greatest modern America’s Cup team
Team New Zealand’s latest successful America’s Cup defence in March 2021 was their fourth America’s Cup victory; two as Defender two as a challenger. New Zealand is only the second…
British team confirmed as Challenger of Record for 37th America’s Cup
In what might have been the worst kept secret of the current America’s Cup, the British INEOS Team UK has been confirmed this morning, Friday 19th March, as the Challenger…
America’s Cup: Matthew Sheahan’s final day report from Auckland
In the six America’s Cup regattas that I’ve now be present at and covered it’s never been daylight when I’ve written the final race piece. Today is no different. As…
America’s Cup: All the best images from the 36th Cup
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…
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: Matthew Sheahan’s view on a crazy day in Auckland
I’m off to buy a gum shield tomorrow. It’s bad enough grinding my teeth at night, but doing it for an entire afternoon while watching America’s Cup racing is starting…
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: Why day 2 made things exciting and confusing
I am going to need therapy after this America’s Cup. In 30 years of covering events as a journalist/commentator I can’t think of one that has so consistently delivered the…
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: Why it’s good to be wrong
There are some days when you’re pleased to be wrong…today – the first day of the America’s Cup – was one of them. After three months of speculation and deliberation…
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 clothing: What each team wears and why
Watching the AC75s cracking along on a foil, it’s easy to forget that innovation pervades every element of elite racing, particularly America’s Cup racing and goes well beyond simply boat…
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…