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What is the America's Cup?

What is the America's Cup?
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Ports of Valencia

Information and links on the Port of Valencia which is home to the Americas Cup 2007, Port of Gandia and the Port of Sagunto
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Exclusive: Race 5 and the Final Day

The results are in on the last day of sailing for the America's Cup but they are somewhat tainted...
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32nd America's Cup launches Circling Galaxy

Do you know the connection between Cindy Crawford and the America's Cup? Discover this and a hole heap more in an interactive feast launched today by the 32nd America's Cup.
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Now Look Here

The Americas Cup Management Committee, which is the main entity in the organization of the Americas Cup races in Valencia, has sent a registered letter to Spanish broadcaster RTVE stating that it requires more and better coverage of the races.
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Tragedy Avoided

Technicians from the Americas Cup Management Committee became alarmed yesterday after they noted that the ‘Sandvig” a spectator craft for the various regattas, that was moored in the mouth of Valencia Port, was listing dangerously.
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America's Cup Act 12- The Winner

Emirates team New Zealand yesterday won a ‘winner-takes-it-all’ match against Alinghi, in the process becoming the overall winners of the Louis Vuitton Cup 2006.
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America's Cup Photographic Exhibition

Photographs of the America's Cup, taken by Nico Martínez are being displayed until 7 January at Palau Joan de Valeriola.
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America's Cup Information Point

If you are looking for information on the America's Cup, give the following websites a try:-
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Training in Dubai

Alinghi, the Defender of the Americas Cup Races has begun a series of training sessions off Dubai.
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Vodafone and The Americas Cup

Valencia Mayoress Rita Barbera yesterday officially presided a short ceremony in the new Americas Cup Press Centre during which it was announced that mobile phone operator Vodafone would become one of the sponsors of the races.
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I Apologise

Patrizio Bertelli, the President of the Luna Rossa Syndicate that is competing in the Americas Cup, has formally written a of apology to Valencia Mayoress Rita Barbera over a speech he made at the inauguration of the syndicate’s new craft.
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More Flights

Lufthansa and Swiss airlines announced yesterday that as from next March, they would be offering three direct flights a week to Dusseldorf, Hamburg and Geneva, to coincide with the start of the activities around the Americas Cup.
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Security

In another part of his Press Conference yesterday, Official spokesman Vicente Rambla stated that the Valencian Government had asked Madrid for more security for the Valencian Community ‘especially during the Americas Cup’.
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The New Recruit

It has been revealed that Peter Gilmour, a match race veteran, will sail with the Alinghi team in order to give the Americas Cup defender some extra advantage in the upcoming races.
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The King and The Americas Cup

In his speech inaugurating the tourist trade fair FITUR in Madrid yesterday, King Juan Carlos stated that the celebration of the Americas Cup races in Valencia at the end of June ‘was one of the most important factors towards stimulating the tourist industry`.
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Something Completly Different

Valencia Town Hall and the Valencian Government announced jointly that this year a special ‘Sea Falla’ made out of biodegradable materials would be set up off Valencia port ‘in order to involve all the Americas Cup teams in our celebrations’.
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Americas Cup: Vive Valencia

Vicente Rambla, the Official Valencian Government Spokesman and Valencia Mayoress Rita Barbera have jointly presented a programme called Vive Valencia that will run in parallel with the Americas Cup and in which theatre shows and street attractions would compliment the Americas Cup Regattas.
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Americas Cup: Beefing Up Security

The security measures for the Americas Cup races were announced yesterday, and these envisage some 2,000 policemen on almost constant watch.
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Back in Valencia

Madrid was the setting yesterday for the final stop of the Americas Cup on its European Tour before returning home to Valencia later today to await the next winner.
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Americas Cup: New Craft Inaugurated

Kirsty Bertarelli, the wife of Ernesto Bertarelli, the head of the Alinghi syndicate, yesterday inaugurated the new craft for the syndicate to defend its title in the upcoming Americas Cup Races.
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Special Shows

The Vive Valencia Company that has been created by the Valencian Government and Valencia Town Hall revealed yesterday that it is intent on staging a series of events on March 31.
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What the Report Stated

The political confrontation between Jordi Sevilla and Rita Barbera yesterday, in which Mr. Sevilla tried to impose the Socialist version of events around the Americas Cup, the actual results of the study appeared to takes second place.
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Americas Cup: A Gentle Reminder

After the outburst by Jordi Sevilla, the Minister of Public Administrations over what could happen to the Valencia 2007 Consortium after the Americas Cup Races this year, Valencia Mayoress Rita Barbera stated that she considered these statements ‘light’.
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Day One at the Races

The first group regatta in the current series of races took place yesterday, and was marked by a considerable variation in both the wind quality and direction, which enabled the smaller syndicates to dominate the early part, only to be outdistanced by the ‘Big Four’ in the final stages of the race.
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Day Three

It was at 4:20 yesterday afternoon, having kept the twelve teams on the water for over two hours that the race committee decided to postpone all the races yesterday
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A Final Postscript

In a postscript to the Americas Cup Act 13, the Challenger Commission has met to deal with an issue arising from a request for redress by + 39.
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On Sale Today

Tickets go on sale today for a series of ten concerts to be staged in the Amphitheatre of the Americas Cup Park in Valencia Port.
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Zapatero Comes to Town

Socialist prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, who, in the past, has never liked coming down to the Valencian Community, and even when these visits are forced on him, they tend to be fleeting and very insubstantial.
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Getting Under Way - Almost

Yesterday, the eleven challengers in the Americas Cup races began the final stages of the competition by setting out into the Bay of Valencia to start the one-on-one Round Robins.
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They're Off at Last

After four frustrating days when weak winds showed there was a slim chance for sailing, the first of the Round Robins got under way in Valencia Bat yesterday afternoon.
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More Pressure

The penultimate day of the Round Robin 1 Races that took place in a breeze that varied between eight and twelve knots has now raised the stakes considerably amongst the competitors.
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Oh The Wind

The remaining Flights pf Round Robin 1 that took place yesterday, which took place in winds of between eight and twelve knots saw a major upset when the Spanish Challenge defeated BMW Oracle by a minute.
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First One Thing, Then the Other

After the early days at the Louis Vuitton Cup, when the races were postponed due to lack of wind, yesetrday just the opposite happened
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Getting Closer

At the end of the two Flights that were raced yesterday, six teams remain at the top of the table with only a few points separating them, still leaving the game wide open
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Not Finished Yet

It became clear yesterday that Victory Chal;lenge has not had its final say in this latest set of regattas, being beaten by just seven seconds yesterday by their Spanish rivals.
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A Winning Tactic

In the last of the current series of Round Robins, the Emirates Team New Zealand managed brilliantly to retain the record of winning every single race, coming out on top on the standings table, enabling them to choose their adversary in the next series of regattas that begin next Monday.
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What a Party!

It took the decorators from Benetton Interior Design to bring back to life the Monastery at El Puig, just outside Valencia, which was the setting for the high profile Louis Vuitton Party for a select 1,600 guests.
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Semi-Finals Begin

After four rest days, the semi-finals of the Louis Vuitton Cup got under way yesterday in the Bay of Valencia, with winds of between nine and eleven knots that sometimes rose to fifteen, whilst making matters more complicated was the fact that the wind veered considerably, causing a real headache for the tacticians on board.
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We'll Talk About this Later

In a visit to Madrid yesterday, Michel Bonnefous, the President of the Americas Cup Management Committee met with Public Administrations Minister Jordi Sevilla
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The Effects of the Cup

Yesterday Princess Elena came down to Valencia to visit the crew members of the Spanish Challenge. She gave them some words of encouragement, but did not take part in the racing as No 18 on board the Americas Class craft.
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First Acquisition

The British syndicate for the next Americas Cup Races - TeamOrigin - revealed yesterday that it was intending to buy the SUI75 craft, the training and testing boat used by Alinghi
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We Shall Return

Tourism Consellera Milagrosa Martinez has revealed that almost one hundred percent of all the visitors who have come to Valencia to see the Americas Cup intend to return for a holiday in the Valencian Community.
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The Americas Cup Concert

The final details have been released for a series of concerts that are set to take place in the Americas Cup Village in June and July.
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33rd America's Cup

The 33rd America's Cup victory for BMW Oracle
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America' Cup Valencia News

America' Cup Valencia News
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