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Christmas wasn’t a happy one for Ben Ainslie and his Ineos Team UK. They are in Auckland, New Zealand, trying to win the America’s Cup, the oldest trophy in world sport, taken from British waters under Queen Victoria’s nose in 1851 and never won back. But in the preliminary America’s Cup World Series, Ineos Team UK was embarrassingly off the pace. They lost to the Americans, failed to even finish against the Italians and lost to the Kiwis. Then...

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Local and national politicians and their acolytes appear to have learned little from the past decade or two of Americas Cup history, based on their reaction to a Venue Selection Process Hosting Guide developed on behalf of Emirates Team New Zealand In a statement issued yesterday by the Minister of Tourism and Economic and Regional Development, Stuart Nash stated "with the Prada Cup underway, and the Match yet to start, it’s too early to start talking about what may or may not happen with th...

Stuffs Americas Cup reporters Duncan Johnstone and Todd Niall dissect the Prada Cup final. The British and Italians are braced for a street fight where the biggest blows could be traded even before these heavyweights cross the start line of the Prada Cup final that opens in Auckland on Saturday. Jimmy Spithill (Luna Rossa) and Sir Ben Ainslie (INEOS Team UK) are the most aggressive men on the wheels of these radical boats and with everything pointing to an evenly matched Prada Cup final if the...

The immediate returns from the event wont be known until it ends in March.

Yachting World 0shares The stage is set for a thrilling first-to-seven wins Prada Cup Final showdown between Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and INEOS Team UK 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 felt a very long two weeks. Those who support INEOS Team UK have had an even longer gap, with fully three weeks passing since their epic final race against Luna Ro...

North-easterly winds expected to hit Saturday afternoon.

The Luna Rossa co-helmsman took on Joseph Parker on Friday and showed he knows his way around a boxing ring.

"That's what all of us have been designing our boats for and training for, so to change that at the last minute isn't something we would have done," says Brit on eve of Prada Cup final.

The Prada Cup final is arguably the most important event in British sailing in nearly 40 years and can open the door to a tilt at the America’s Cup, something that a British team have not competed for