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World Rowing said it will allow a "limited number" of Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate as neutrals at the world championships in September, which is a qualifying event for next year's Paris Olympics.

New Zealand sailor Erica Dawson broke her leg in a training accident in Australia this week and faces a race to be fit for her Olympic debut in Japan next month.

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read Sailing - 36th Americas Cup - Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand - March 16, 2021 Emirates Team New Zealand in action with Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli during Race 9 of the Americas Cup REUTERS/Simon Watts (Reuters) - Team New Zealand beat Luna Rossa in the ninth race of the 36th America’s Cup on Tuesday, crossing 30 seconds ahead of the challengers to take a 6-3 lead in the best-of-13 match. TNZ can seal the America’s Cup, the oldest trophy in international s...

3 Min Read (Reuters) - Team New Zealand moved within one race win of a second successive America’s Cup triumph but their hopes of sealing the match on Tuesday disappeared when race 10 was abandoned due to unfavourable wind off the coast of Auckland. Sailing - 36th Americas Cup - Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand - March 16, 2021 Emirates Team New Zealand Helmsman Glenn Ashby after Race 9 of the Americas Cup REUTERS/Simon Watts After a short postponement, defender TNZ won the ninth rac...

Team New Zealand surged to a 5-3 lead over Luna Rossa in the America's Cup after a dramatic race eight on Monday as both boats splashed down and battled to stay on their foils in light winds off the coast of Auckland.

Team New Zealand surged to a 5-3 lead over Luna Rossa in the America's Cup after a dramatic race eight on Monday as both boats splashed down and battled to stay on their foils in light winds off the coast of Auckland.

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read (Reuters) - Races on the fourth day of the 36th America’s Cup were postponed due to low wind speed off the coast of Auckland, its organisers said on Sunday, after the start of racing had already been delayed due to a COVID-19 lockdown in Auckland. Slideshow ( 2 images ) The match will now resume at 1615 local time (0315 GMT) on Monday, the organisers added, with defending champions Team New Zealand (TNZ) and challengers Luna Rossa locked at 3-3 in the competition�...

Auckland, New Zealand's biggest city, emerged on Sunday from a strict weeklong lockdown imposed after a community cluster of the more contagious British coronavirus variant.