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Team NZ keep showing an unkillable will

Team New Zealand is a remarkable organisation. It ought to have disappeared, quietly, years ago.

Waterfront Auckland ponders race-village options

Wynyard Quarter and a wharf extension to Halsey St are shaping up as the preferred waterfront locations should the America's Cup come back to New Zealand.

Larry Ellison - the man who hates to lose

For Kiwis who give a damn about the pursuit of one of sport's most tainted, yet highly prized trophies, it would be easy to cast multi-billionaire Ellison as the villain to Team New Zealand's state and corporate-sponsored heroes.

Cup kids all set to watch dad at work

In the six years since Team New Zealand's last America's Cup campaign, their family support contingent has more than doubled in size.

Another jury blow for Oracle?

Just when you thought we were ready to go racing, yet another America's Cup jury hearing is under way in San Francisco.

Oracle fired up - Spithill

Defiant Oracle Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill promised his team would "never give up" and called for US fan support as pre-race preparation enters its last hours.

Yachting: Many unanswered questions remain over Oracle cheating

Sailor X was the anonymous sailor who also appeared likely to be excluded from the event but whose case was dismissed by the jury.

Upwind tactics will be key in Cup battles

The sole upwind leg in the short, five-leg sprint course accounts for 30 per cent of the race, and is where we're likely to see some intriguing tactical battles playing out between Team New Zealand and Oracle.

Coutts' son backs him all the way

It's hard to imagine there will be many Kiwis cheering on Sir Russell Coutts' Oracle team as they begin their defence of the America's Cup against Team NZ.

Yachting: Kicked out - Heavy fall for de Ridder

Three years ago, Dirk de Ridder was in the White House meeting President Barack Obama after helping to return the America's Cup to the USA.

Chris Rattue: Rulings a blight on main event

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.

Oracle: 'We're underdogs'

Oracle skipper Jimmy Spithill insists his team will now enter the America's Cup match against Team New Zealand as firm underdogs.

Judgment leaves Oracle reeling

The America's Cup has never seen anything like it. Lies, deceit, cheating, ignorance of the rules and ineffective management - Oracle is a wounded team.

Dana Johannsen: Heavy toll on Oracle

Dana Johannsen looks at how Oracle will fare, now it's lost two precious race points down the gurgler and has had its team decimated by race bans.

Yachting: Penalties risk Ellison's ire

Oracle's cheating penalty

Oracle will start the America's Cup on minus-two points and the team were fined $250,000 as penalty for cheating during AC World Series.

Kiwis at the Cup - Annabel Anderson

The idea came about for it this time last year because I did a bunch of work with Puma for the Volvo Ocean Race.

Sports drink gets a feverish reception

The formula used to treat patients with cholera has spurred a new sports rehydration drink developed by a company with links to both Auckland and San Francisco.