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A big sea race: BMW City Challenge.
City reputations are on the line this weekend as some of the capital’s leading legal, accounting, media and banking institutions prepare to battle it out at London’s Royal Victoria Docks for...
- Oracle snub Alinghi over changes - BMW Oracle have rebuffed changes Alinghi made to the America's Cup rules and demanded a direct negotiation before they would drop a lawsuit against the Swiss syndicate.
BMW Oracle has taken the title holders Alinghi to court over rules they say are unfairly weighted in the defender's favour, including the right to disqualify...
- Olympic champ left off British team - Double Olympic champion Shirley Robertson's hopes of winning a third consecutive gold medal in Beijing next year appear to be over after she was left out of the British sailing team.
Ben Ainslie, who also won sailing golds in Sydney and Athens has also been left out of the first wave of selections after it was confirmed last week he would skipper Team Origin, Britain's challenger...
St Petersburg picked for Ocean Race - The Russian port city of St Petersburg has been chosen as the final stop for the Volvo Ocean Race in 2008-09.
It will be the first time in the race's 34-year history that the fleet will visit a Russian port. "To finish this event in a city so full of culture, heritage and historical intrigue will make...
Ainslie to skipper GB America's Cup bid - Twice Olympic gold medal winner Ben Ainslie will skipper Britain's America's Cup challenge in 2009.
Ainslie, who won gold for Britain in Sydney in 2000 and in Athens three years ago, will be at the helm in Valencia after tasting America's Cup action when he was part of the New Zealand challenger that lost...
Spain to unveil second challenger - A second Spanish challenger for the America's Cup is set to be unveiled, according to local sources in Valencia.
The Royal Yacht Club of Palma, a well-established outfit, have reportedly been in negotiation with "leading sailors and yacht designers in the last couple of months". ABN Amro One designer...
Luna Rossa pull out of America's Cup - Italian team Luna Rossa will not challenge for the 33rd America's Cup bringing to an end one of the most successful and stylish challenges for sailing's most glamorous prize.
Luna Rossa's decision, announced on Friday by its main sponsor Prada, is another blow to the Cup after BMW Oracle and Mascalzone Latino challenged the way defender Alinghi has set the rules for the...
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