News | Sailing
5 Feb 2026 7:42
| outlook hotmail | yahoo mail | gmail | news | weather | finance | shopping | about nzcity | Search |
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity
SEARCH 

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
    •    News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

    •
      Home > News > Sports > Sailing

    The America's Cup match starts in the wee small hours overnight with holders Team New Zealand taking on challengers Britannia

    The America's Cup match starts in the wee small hours overnight with holders Team New Zealand taking on challengers Britannia


    Peter Burling's champions haven't had a real race for a month while Sir Ben Ainsley's crew improved immeasurably to beat Italy's Luna Rossa in the Louis Vuitton Cup.

    Burling says they've kept on developing while they waited to see who would earn the right to face them.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Sailing News
     17 Jan: The Italian city of Cagliari will host the first preliminary regatta ahead of the next America's Cup
     16 Jan: There's a Team New Zealand America's Cup vibe to the Swedish SailGP team debuting at the season-opener in Perth this weekend
     16 Jan: Swedish SailGP driver Nathan Outteridge is poised to blow out the cobwebs out as his new syndicate debuts at the season-opening event in Perth
     30 Dec: The glory of crossing the line first in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race might have been celebrated in the bars beyond Constitution Dock, but the contest for the Tattersall Cup to crown the overall handicap winner remains on the water
     28 Dec: The leading contenders have now reached the coast of Tasmania in another dramatic Sydney to Hobart yacht race
     27 Dec: In the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, Comanche remains around four miles ahead of LawConnect in the lead, with 340 miles to go
     27 Dec: The Sydney to Hobart fleet has lost its first 100-foot supermaxi, with Wild Thing 100 retiring from the 80th running of the race on the first night of sailing
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    Super Rugby Chief Executive Jack Mesley is bullocking past any criticism of the competition's latest law trials More...

    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    Auckland and Wellington are bearing the brunt of the latest unexpected rise in unemployment More...


     Today's News

    		 Rugby:
    Super Rugby Chief Executive Jack Mesley is bullocking past any criticism of the competition's latest law trials 7:37

     Entertainment:
    Bad Bunny insisted the only thing "more powerful than hate is love" after winning a Grammy Award 7:31

     Accident and Emergency:
    One person has died following a crash in the Tasman district's Lower Moutere 7:27

     Entertainment:
    Kendrick Lamar has become the most-decorated rap artist in the history of the Grammy Awards 7:01

     Entertainment:
    Olivia Dean described herself as the "product of bravery" after winning the Best New Artist Grammy 6:31

     Entertainment:
    Jelly Roll was reduced to tears by his success at the Grammy Awards 6:01

     Accident and Emergency:
    The search continues for a Papamoa woman after her house bus was found in rural Waikato 5:57

     Law and Order:
    Police are not searching for anyone else following the death of a vet in Clutha 5:27

     Business:
    Auckland and Wellington are bearing the brunt of the latest unexpected rise in unemployment 4:47

     Skiing:
    Australian man Michael 'Micky' Hurst dies in Japan while skiing 4:37

     News Search




    Power Search

    © 2026 New Zealand City Ltd