America's Cup: Swiss keep prize
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Switzerland's Alinghi win the 32nd America's Cup to become the first European team to defend sailing's most prestigious prize.
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The Flight A Swiss Teams on Dec. 28 at the Edgar Kaplan Winter Regional in Midtown Manhattan was won by Carl Berenbaum of Elkins Park, Pa.; Julian Heicklen of Teaneck, N.J.; Brett Kunin of West Orange, N.J.; and Dennis Thompson of Lake Hiawatha, N.J.
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The French luxury goods giant Louis Vuitton has ended its sponsorship of the Americaâs Cup after 24 years because of concerns that the event has become too commercial. The chief operating officer of Americaâs Cup Management, Michel Hodara, called the criticism an exaggeration.
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KVITFJELL, Norway  - Bode Miller's seventh place in the men's penultimate super-G race of the season means the American still has his work cut out if he wants to win the discipline's crystal trophy at the World Cup finals next week.
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An island of 4 million people seems an unlikely nation to rule the waves. But in 2000, the year New Zealand was defeating the United States, Italy, and seven other countries to take the America's Cup - the highest prize in yacht racing - a Kiwi rower, Rob Waddell, won the gold medal in single sculls at the Sydney Olympic ...
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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich.,  - Holders Europe were  poised to retain the Ryder Cup after holding off an early  challenge by the United States in the last-day singles on  Sunday.
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There was big news on the World Cup ski circuit Friday afternoon in Europe: Bode Miller didn&#39;t win. He finished fourth in a Super-G at Val Gardena, Italy, behind Austrians Michael Walchhofer, Hermann Maier and Benny Raich, .69 seconds out of first place.
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New Zealand&#39;s America&#39;s Cup sailing team has emerged on top after the second in a series of three regattas leading up to the prestigious race.
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Description: The Europeans are keeping golf&#39;s Ryder Cup for another year. The Europeans defeated the United States with a score of 18 1/2 to 9 1/2.
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of Switzerland holds up his trophy after defeating Lleyton Hewitt of Australia in the men&#39;s final match of the 2004 US Open in New York, September 12, 2004.
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Bode Miller, of the USA, crosses the finish line to win the men&#39;s World Cup super-G in Lake Louise, Alta. on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2004.
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VALENCIA, Spain  - Alinghi beat Team New Zealand in the first race of the 32nd America's Cup on Saturday in a tight fight that set the pace for the best-of-nine battle for sailing's most coveted prize.
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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan  - Unless golf history  is made, Europe will comfortably retain the Ryder Cup on Sunday  against a U.S. team which has been in disarray for the first  two days.
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LAKE LOUISE, Alberta  - Renate Goetschl claimed a World Cup victory at Lake Louise for the fifth time on Sunday when she outpaced her rivals in the super-G.
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Defending champion Alinghi evened the America's Cup with a 30-second victory in the fourth race on Wednesday.
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With airport fire trucks blasting water cannons in salute, the crew of the Americaâs Cup champion Alinghi returned to Switzerland yesterday and was hailed by the countryâs president as a symbol of Swiss pride and diversity.Ernesto Bertarelli, the billionaire head of Alinghi, hoisted the silver trophy at the aircraft door. He was applauded by fans and a government delegation. âIâm enormously proud to be here in Geneva with you for the second time,â said Bertarelli, who made Switzerland the first European nation to successfully defend the title in yachtingâs premier event. Switzerland scored a major upset in 2003 by taking the Cup from the Kiwis, bringing sportâs oldest international trophy to Europe for the first time in more than 150 years. On Tuesday, Alinghiâs dramatic one-second win over Emirates Team New Zealand in Valencia, Spain, ended the closest Americaâs Cup regatta in 24 years, a 5-2 Swiss victory. Bertarelli declined to say whether the next Cup would be held in two or four years and whether it would be contested in Valencia.
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The fate of the next America's Cup was still in limbo on Wednesday when a New York court judge said after a hearing that he needed more time to decide whether he had jurisdiction to rule on the issues.