America's Cup

Emirates Team New Zealand hope to get a jump on their America's Cup opposition by forming an alliance with rivals Luna Rossa in which they will build a boat for the Italian team and share all of their design and testing information.

Team New Zealand leads the match racing and fleet racing sections of the America's Cup World Series after the latest round in Plymouth ended this morning.

After two regattas the team has 19 points of a possible 20 in each section.

Dean Barker faces off against former team-mate Russell Coutts in the semifinals of the America's Cup world series match racing regatta in Plymouth.

Team New Zealand today formally announced they would challenge for yachting's America's Cup in California in 2013, in a campaign which will be boosted by $36 million of government cash.

South Korea has entered the America's Cup for the first time, one of two teams from Asia that will challenge for the oldest trophy in international sports in 2013 on San Francisco Bay.

New Zealand is under consideration as a stop for the new America's Cup World Series, which is due to start in Europe in July.

Team New Zealand face a tougher battle to defend their MedCup yachting crown than when they won it, with three rival America's Cup syndicates joining the fleet this year.

One of the bitterest chapters in the 159-year history of the America's Cup didn't quite end when the speedy space-age trimaran owned by American software tycoon Larry Ellison routed Alinghi of Switzerland last month in Valencia, Spain.

Team New Zealand boss Grant Dalton is confident his syndicate can make a successful switch if the America's Cup's future lies in multihull yachts.

Sir Russell Coutts might have confirmed his status as the king of the America's Cup but one of his oldest friends expects the great yachtsman to remain as humble as ever.