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The former Stars & Stripes helmsman expects a thrilling match-up.

Local and national politicians and their acolytes appear to have learned little from the past decade or two of America's 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 the next event." "We are committed to supporting America’s Cup Event Limited and Emirates Team New ...

Yachting: Prada Cup Finals TVNZ 1, 3pm It’s crunch time for the Challengers in the finals of the Prada Cup. This week Luna Rossa and Ineos Team UK battle it out for a shot at wrestling the Auld Mug from the grasp of Team New Zealand when the America’s Cup begins in March. Continues Sunday, Wednesday and Friday. Watergate Prime, 8.30pm This acclaimed documentary explores the botched political plot that led to the downfall of US President Richard Nixon in 1972, and which also sparked the nonsensical practice of tacking ‘gate’ on to the end of anything vaguely scandalous. Sunday Febru...

Spithill ready for heavyweight sailing showdown vs Ainslie By BERNIE WILSONFebruary 10, 2021 GMT More than two decades after a lowkey start to his America’s Cup career, two-time champion Jimmy Spithill is back in Auckland, New Zealand, hoping to help steer Italy to its first victory in the 170-year-old competition. Spithill has come a long way since the 1999-2000 regatta, when he was the 19-year-old skipper of Young Australia. The syndicate was so underfunded it sailed an old boat, housed its sailors at a hostel and used a 164-foot crane barge as its base. “It could do everything. It was ...

INEOS Team UK — led by Sir Ben Ainslie and including fellow Island sailor, Leigh McMillan — will be making their bid for America’s Cup glory…