BMW ORACLE Racing, the American challenger, representing the Golden Gate Yacht Club, won the 33rd America’s Cup Match on Sunday in Valencia, sweeping past the Swiss defender, Alinghi, to a 2-0 victory.
This was an historic race for the oldest trophy in international sport, featuring two of the most innovative boats on the planet. BMW ORACLE Racing’s trimaran, USA, powered by the largest wing sail ever built, proved to be the faster of the two multihulls, overpowering Alinghi’s catamaran in both races.
Today marks the culmination of the San Francisco team’s 10-year …

It could be third time lucky for Race 1 of this 33rd America’s Cup.
There is an air of promise prevailing around the bases this morning as the overnight strong wind appear to have dropped away.
At 0900hrs there was no sign of the AP flag and so that means they will head to the race area and try for a start, no earlier than a midday start.
Alinghi docked out at 0845hrs local time this morning in perfect sunshine and a light 5-6 knots breeze around the Marina Juan Carlos 1 and …

The 33rd edition of the America’s Cup, the world’s oldest sailing competition, will be held in Valencia from 8th February. However, the sporting and cosmopolitan atmosphere will disembark in the city a few days before that. On the 5th February there will be a welcome party for the whole America’s Cup family, the official competition dinner will be on the 6th and on the 7th the opening ceremony will take place with a mascletà (firecracker) display by the Caballer pyrotechnics company. The Swiss from the Alinghi team and the North …

February marks the start of this year’s large-scale events. Whilst the first of this season’s Formula One practice session will take place between 1st and 3rd, the 8th will see the start of the 33rd America’s Cup between the American BMW Oracle team and the Switzerland’s Alinghi and which will create an atmosphere of sporting fair play throughout the city’s Royal Marina and beaches…

The official website of the 33rd America’s Cup has been recently launched at www.americascup.com.
The site offers a comprehensive array of useful information of the opponents, explanations, exclusive news, images… all the essential details about this close encounter between two cutting edge multihulls.
One of the most important features of the page is that during racing, and for the first time, the races between the fastest match racing yachts ever will be broadcast live for free.
You can also follow the news on Twitter and Facebook as well.
Visit it at www.americacup.com
The official website …

During 2010 Valencia will remain as host of important international events such as Formula One, Global Champions Tour, MTV Winter, Las Fallas and many others in the media, cinema making, sports and fashion landscape.

After two and a half year battle in court, the sailing race for the America’s Cup, the oldest sporting competition in the world, will come back to sea in 2010. The 33rd edition will start on 8 February in Valencia if the defending champion Alinghi from Switzerland, and the challenger, the American BMW Oracle Racing, do not continue with its legal war.
The two contenders have already invested in the arms race about 430 million dollars to convert the America’s Cup in what has always been: a competition of the …