America's Cup World Series: Artemis Racing collides with umpire's boat – video
Artemis Racing hits the umpire’s boat on the final day of the America’s Cup World Series in Bermuda on Sunday. Fortunately no one was hurt in the collision, which would have been in excess of 25...
View ArticleIn Ainslie’s hi-tech HQ, experts perfect a craft fit to bring America’s Cup home
It’s the oldest sporting trophy in the world, but Britain has never won it. Now Sir Ben Ainslie’s Portsmouth-based team is at work on a ‘Batman boat’ they hope will achieve that feat Sir Ben Ainslie is...
View ArticleHigh water marks for Ben Ainslie and his £100m America’s Cup dream
Ainslie’s all-British Land Rover BAR team begin to fulfil the vast investment and wow the fans with a victory and a second place in the Solent Ben Ainslie’s £100m America’s Cup dream finally hit the...
View ArticleSir Ben Ainslie sets out on dream to bring 2021 America’s Cup to Portsmouth
The most successful sailor in Olympic history attempts to guide his Land Rover BAR team to a winning start in their quest to qualify for Bermuda in 2017 Sir Ben Ainslie, the most successful sailor in...
View ArticleSir Ben Ainslie believes his team can be first British crew to win America’s Cup
• Six teams took to the Solent ahead of World Series competition • Qualification points for 2017 America’s Cup can be earned this weekend Sir Ben Ainslie believes his Land Rover BAR team can be the...
View ArticlePhoto highlights of the day
The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world, including wildfires in Spain and the arrival in the UK of the America’s Cup Continue reading...
View ArticleLetter: Alan Bond was a fierce, outspoken competitor
Alan Bond , or Bondy, as he was universally known to sailors, was a man who let nothing stand in his way. From his early competitive sailing on the Swan river to the beginnings of his international...
View ArticleBen Ainslie says Team New Zealand will still be an America’s Cup force
• Team New Zealand had criticised boat size reduction • Briton’s team renamed Land Rover BAR in new commercial deal Ben Ainslie is confident that rivals Team New Zealand will be strong challengers at...
View ArticleBen Ainslie is the man to beat in the World Series says Jimmy Spithill
• Four-times Olympic gold medallist in action in Portsmouth • British boat is one to watch in battle of 45-foot twin-hulled catamarans Jimmy Spithill, skipper of the America’s Cup holders Oracle Team...
View ArticleAlan Bond remembered by hundreds of mourners at Fremantle funeral
The winning skipper of Australia II and Bond’s first wife, Eileen ‘Big Red’ Bond, joined family and friends to farewell the colourful businessman in Perth Hundreds of mourners gathered in Fremantle,...
View ArticleLabor's embrace of Alan Bond was grotesque. But at least it wasn't bland |...
It’s customary to distinguish between two Alan Bonds: the shonky high-flyer, and the yachting victor. Truth is, in Labor’s embrace they were the same man “Any employer who sacks a worker for not...
View ArticleAlan Bond: the rise, spectacular fall and rise again of the America's Cup hero
The buccaneering tycoon scored one of Australian sport’s most spectacular successes before being jailed for a billion-dollar fraud On 19 January 1974, a pack of journalists and dignitaries descended...
View ArticleAlan Bond obituary
Charismatic business tycoon who bankrolled Australia’s triumph in the America’s Cup but later faced bankruptcy and imprisonment for fraud Alan Bond, the controversial business tycoon who backed...
View ArticleAmerica’s Cup boat size row escalates as teams close ranks after Luna Rossa exit
• Four teams including Ben Ainslie’s BAR issue joint statement • Statement criticises Team New Zealand who had supported Luna Rossa • Luna Rossa pull out of America’s Cup in protest over reduced boat...
View ArticleAlan Bond's family at his side as former billionaire remains on life support
The businessman best known for winning the America’s Cup is stable in a Perth hospital after having open heart surgery, family say The family and friends of Alan Bond are rallying at his side as the...
View ArticleLuna Rossa pull out of America’s Cup in protest over reduced boat size
• Italian team withdraw from competition after change to voting process • 2017 Bermuda regatta will see reduction in size of boats to 48ft • America’s Cup teams in controversial move to reduce boat...
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