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Spectators return for second day of America's Cup and some unpredictable racing 12 March 2021 • 10:02am Luna Rossa (left), pictured earlier this week, won the opening race of another evenly fought day on the seas  Credit: AP It was honours even once again on day two of the 36th America’s Cup in Auckland as “underdogs" Luna Rossa managed to bloody Kiwi noses, just as they did on Wednesday. The Italians won the first race of the day at a canter before defenders New Zealand rallied to take race two in equally convincing fashion and level the first-to-seven series at 2-2. Home fans, who pa...

America's Cup: Day 2 Preview - Course E - No wind by Richard Gladwell Sail-World NZ 12 Mar 00:55 GMT 12 March 2021 Luna Rossa in the racing break - America's Cup - Day 1 - March 10, 2021, Course E © Richard Gladwell / Sail-World.com The second day of racing in the 36th Match for the America's Cup will get under way in Auckland this afternoon, off Waiheke Island and the East Auckland beaches. Despite the Government lowering the COVID Alert for Auckland to Level 1, the announcement came too late for a change to existing arrangements to be made. The official forecas...

Most of the previous Italian Challenges have been of participation rather than victory. The first win was in 1992 in San Diego, with the Paul Cayard skippered/Raoul Gardini backed Il Moro di Venezia winning the second race, by just a 3 second margin. The Italian 12 Metre Azzurra got Italy into the Cup in 1983, winning 24 of 49 races sailed in the Challenger Selection Series laying down a marker both for Italy's participation in the America's Cup, and dragging the Italian population to emote over the America's Cup. Then, as now and always, the Italian entries have always epitomized style. Who...

Studio Borlenghi/Newsroom Olympic sailing champion and America's Cup broadcaster Shirley Robertson (left, with mask) interviews Team NZ skipper Peter Burling after day one of the Cup match. Suzanne McFadden talks to four women working to make this America's Cup an unforgettable sports event in New Zealand, and a beacon of hope to the world. Shirley Robertson, America’s Cup broadcaster If she’d had the chance, would double Olympic gold medallist Shirley Robertson have sailed in the America’s Cup? “Yes, yes, YES!” the engaging Scottish sailor and TV broadcaster says, though today�...