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NEWS ABOUT: Alinghi

Alinghi stories: 3 news summaries

 America's Cup 
 Sails to Persian Gulf 

Defending champions choose UAE site for 'perfect weather'

Aug 5, 09 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - February’s America’s Cup will be held in the United Arab Emirates for the first time, the defending champs, who get to choose, announced yesterday. The decision marks the Middle East’s continued growth as an international sports mecca, the Wall Street Journal notes. Ras al-Khaimah in the southern... More »

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Persian Gulf • America's Cup • sailing • Alinghi • United Arab Emirates • BMW Oracle

 Nabbed Oracle Spy 
 Rocks America's Cup 

Cup holders accuse American billionaire of sending spy squads to snoop on yacht

May 13, 09 2:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Skulduggery has once again hit the world's foremost sailing race with charges that a spy for US billionaire Larry Ellison's BMW-Oracle team was nabbed snooping on a rival, the Times of London reports. Spokesmen for Alinghi, the Swiss holders of the America's Cup, say they caught the spy sneaking around... More »

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espionage • Larry Ellison • America's Cup • Switzerland • sailing • Alinghi

Alinghi Defends America's Cup

Swiss team scores 1-second victory over New Zealand to remain atop sailing world

Jul 3, 07 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alinghi defended the America's Cup today, scoring a 1-second victory over Team New Zealand and returning the most prestigious title in international sailing to landlocked Switzerland. The series, contested off Valencia, Spain, was the closest since 1983—the widest margin in Alinghi's 5-2 victory in the nine-race series was 35... More »

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America's Cup • Switzerland • sailing • Alinghi • New Zealand • reggata • billionaire

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