BMW Oracle easily wins 33rd America’s Cup
VALENCIA, Feb 15 — US challengers BMW Oracle won the 33rd America’s Cup yesterday, beating Swiss holders Alinghi in the second race to claim the best-of-three series 2-0 in a triumph of superior design and technology. Software mogul Larry Ellison’s giant trimaran, featuring a towering wing-shaped sail, beat Alinghi by more than a kilometre in the second race off the Spanish port of Valencia …

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BMW Oracle Wins the America’s Cup
The two-race sweep of the defending champion, Alinghi of Switzerland, returned the oldest trophy in international sports to the United States for the first time in 15 years.

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Agile and Fast, USA-17 Opens America’s Cup With Easy Win
After days of delays, BMW Oracle harnessed the wind in its massive sail and beat Alinghi by more than 15 minutes.

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U.S. flies to opening win in America’s Cup
VALENCIA, Spain — The monster trimaran USA has delivered a huge victory for challenger BMW Oracle Racing against two-time defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland in the dramatic first race of their bitter America’s Cup showdown.

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America’s Cup Sinks as Sponsors Flee Billionaire Feud (Update2)
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) — Billionaires Larry Ellison and Ernesto Bertarelli have turned an America’s Cup boom into bust. A 30-month wrangle over rules canceled a 19-team qualifying event, scared off sponsors like Banco Santander SA , UBS AG and Nestle SA and shrank the organizing budget to 8 million euros ($11.1 million) from a record 230 million euros in 2007, organizers said.

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