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The oldest trophy in international sport will be contested for in the waters of Britain’s oldest colony in June 2017. The news Bermudians have eagerly awaited for several months arrived at 12.40pm yesterday when Harvey Schiller, the America’s Cup Co...

Bermuda’s successful bid to win the 35th America’s Cup is being celebrated by dignitaries, past premiers and politicians of all persuasions. After hearing that the prestigious sailing event was coming to Bermuda in 2017, Governor George Fergusson tol...

The last time James Spithill sailed in Bermuda’s waters he captured the King Edward VII Gold Cup. But the stakes will be much higher when he returns to these shores in 2017 to defend the Auld Mug as the skipper of cup holders, Oracle Team USA. The o...

Michael Dunkley remained cautiously optimistic about Bermuda’s chances of hosting the 35th America’s Cup on the eve of today’s venue announcement in New York. Either Bermuda or San Diego will get the nod to host the next instalment of sailing’s great...

The Island’s construction industry will face a race against time to ensure that the huge development requirements of the America’s Cup are in place by 2017. Yesterday’s announcement that Bermuda will host the biggest race on the sailing calender is e...

Bermuda’s Cecilia Wollmann and Cameron Pimental finished seventh and tenth in their respective classes in the Laser Radial fleet, which concluded yesterday at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico. Both sailors held on to their...

The Bermuda Sloop Foundation has appointed Diana L. Martin to the position of chief executive. She replaces Denise Riviere, who has left to manage her own company. Ms Martin, a former board member, has years of management and fundraising experience ...

Corporation of Hamilton officials are in no position to shed more light on their involvement in the America’s Cup World Series next year. The America’s Cup Event Authority (ACEA) announced last month that Bermuda will host a World Series in October 2...

Four-time Olympic champion Sir Ben Ainslie has renewed his backing of Bermuda’s bid to host the 2017 America’s Cup. Although he refused to be drawn on reports that the Island had already been chosen as the venue he said: “As a British team, we would ...

Sailor Stanley Paris, on his continuing solo quest to circle the globe in less than 150 days, is now in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with his power on board running again. Dr Paris, 77, currently halfway between Barbados and Cape Verde off West A...

Cecilia Wollmann and Cameron Pimentel both fell off the lead pace at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico, yesterday. Wollmann slipped six places from second to eighth in the women’s Laser Radial fleet, with Pimentel falling f...

It was the “financial incentives” that Bermuda offered that gave the Island a clear advantage over San Diego in the battle as to who would host the America’s Cup. The California city simply could not compete with Bermuda when it came to “hard cash”. ...