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2 unusual facts about 2010 America's Cup


1988 America's Cup

The 2010 America's Cup shared some similarities with the 1988 Cup in that it was also the subject of intense litigation, and the precedent set by the 1988 court decision guaranteed that any non-mutual consent match would be sailed in the fastest boats legal under the Deed: multihulls.

James Spithill

Spithill was the helmsman and skipper for the challenging team BMW Oracle Racing 90 in the 2010 America's Cup.


1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup

KK Crvena Zvezda defeated Spartak Brno in the final, held in Udine, to become the first Yugoslav team to win the competition, after unsuccessful appearances by KK Crvena Zvezda itself and Jugoplastika Split in the two previous finals.

1983 America's Cup

Prime Minister Bob Hawke was interviewed at the dawn celebration in Claremont, Western Australia, and said, "Any boss who sacks anyone for not turning up today is a bum".

1983 in Australian television

26 September - After Australia's America's Cup win, Prime Minister Bob Hawke goes on the Today show and declared a national public holiday for that day, stating that "any boss who sacks anyone for not turning up today is a bum."

1988 America's Cup

The San Diego Yacht Club responded by building two catamarans, one with a conventional soft sail (Stars & Stripes S1), and the second with a Scaled Composites -built wing mast (Stars & Stripes H3).

1992 Russian Women's Cup

It was contested by 38 teams from eleven federal subjects, and won by Interros Moscow, which also won the national championship.

2003 America's Cup

On January 19, 2003 the Swiss challenger Ernesto Bertarelli’s Alinghi, skippered by Russell Coutts, won the Louis Vuitton Cup Finals by defeating the American challenger, Larry Ellison's Oracle, 5–1, once again eliminating the United States from the America's Cup competition.

2007 America's Cup

A new building, Veles e Vents designed by David Chipperfield, was built in the harbour of Valencia to house the central base for all the America's Cup teams.

2010 National Women's Cup

The 2010 USASA National Women's Cup was the 15th edition of the annual national soccer championship, won by the previous season's runner-ups New York Athletic Club (NYAC).

Games played at the United German-Hungarian Club in Oakford, Pennsylvania.

2013–14 Petron Blaze Boosters season

January 13: San Miguel Corporation president Ramon S. Ang announced that the team will revert to its iconic name "San Miguel Beermen" starting the 2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup.

Alain Roca

A two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), he was honoured Best Setter at the 2001 Volleyball America's Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where Cuba finished in second place.

Christine Beck

On 7 March 2007, she refereed the World Cup qualifier game between Japan and Mexico in Tokyo, going on to also referee the first-leg of the UEFA Women's Cup between Umeå IK and Arsenal.

Eastlake, Seattle

Current notable Eastlake residents include wealthy insurance magnates-turned philanthropists Matthew and Julie Hancock, retired four-star General Andrew J. Kelly, and 2002 America's Cup runner-up Elleson Schurtz.

FAI President's Cup

The competition was founded in 2014, with the trophy to be awarded to the winning side by President of Ireland and League of Ireland fan, Michael D. Higgins.

Farr 40

Featuring the highest level of competition with the Olympic, America's Cup and Volvo Ocean Race Veterans amongst this strictly Owner/Driver Class.

Football in Scotland

There are also four cup competitions, the Scottish Cup, Scottish Premier League Cup, Scottish First Division Cup and the Scottish Second Division Cup.

Francisco Abreu López

Francisco Alberto Abreu López, (born April 26, 1982) is a male volleyball and beach volleyball player from Dominican Republic, who participated with his national team at the 2007 America's Cup wearing the #10 jersey.

Goodyear Blimp

Columbia,

HC Bosna Visoko

Muhamed Mustafić, a right wing, returned to his parent club after playing 3 successful seasons in HC Bosna Sarajevo which competed successfully in the EHF Champions League, and later the EHF Cup Winner's Cup where they played semi-finals.

Herbert Pell Cup

The Herbert Claiborne Pell Cup, established in 1958, is presented by the Ida Lewis Yacht Club, of Newport, Rhode Island, to the winning Challenger for the America's Cup.

Holden VN Commodore

Under the Hawke government's Button car plan, which saw a reduction in the number of models manufactured locally, and the introduction of model sharing, the VN Commodore was rebadged as the Toyota Lexcen, named after the late America's Cup yacht designer, Ben Lexcen.

International America's Cup Class

Immediately after the conclusion of the 2007 America's Cup, Brad Butterworth officially announced on behalf of Alinghi and America's Cup Management that a new design of boat would be sailed in the next edition of the America's Cup.

James E. Buttersworth

Buttersworth’s paintings of the 1893 Vigilant vs. Valkyrie II Cup match, done one year before his death, completed the chronicling of America's Cup races by oil painting just before the advent of successful photographic imagery.

Jane Usher

On leave from the firm, she later served as the Associate General Counsel to the 1984 Summer Olympics, and General Counsel to the United States Football League, the Association of Volleyball Professionals, and the America’s Cup.

Jonathan Kraft

Foxboro Stadium played host to six matches of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, five of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, as well as the 2000 Founder's Cup.

Juan Garaizabal

In 2006 he finished his first solo conceptual art piece, a garden of giant flowers that was acquired and installed by the city of Valencia for the America’s Cup of Sailing, and which continues to illuminate the City of Porcelain every night.

Knaphill F.C.

On Sunday, 30 September 2012, Knaphill Ladies travelled to Canterbury to play Prince of Wales Ladies in the 1st Qualifying Round of the FA Women's Cup.

Mark Barroca

When Smart Gilas participated in the 2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup where the team finished in second place after the elimination round, Barroca averaged 8.23 points and 2.69 assists in 17.23 minutes of play.

Men's Cup

Recent Gay Games, World Outgames and EuroGames included competitions for men's solo, duo and team formations.

Mo Marley

After taking over as manager in 2002—sacking her husband to do so—she led Everton to the 2008 FA Women's Premier League Cup and the 2010 FA Women's Cup.

Noel Lister

He is a keen sailor - he was a contender for the Admiral's Cup in Imp - and in 1987 secured the future of the UK Sailing Academy at Cowes by acquiring it from the Sports Council and transferring it, and a donation of £4 million, into a Trust Fund.

Peter Ruehl

His first piece of journalism in Australia was his coverage of the 1987 America's Cup for the Australian Financial Review, a paper for which he continued to write for most of his career.

PureBlack Racing

Lead by America’s Cup yachtsman, Star Class World Champion and Olympian, Carl Williams, PureBlack Racing competed in UCI’s US Continental Tour in 2011 with the ultimate aim of becoming a ProTour Team with entry to the Tour de France by 2015.

Rodney Pattisson

Pattisson then retired from the Olympics and later co-skippered the Victory 83, the Peter de Savary entry in the America's Cup in 1983.

Royal Bombay Yacht Club

The seafront clubhouse was built in 1881, and received a number of prominent visitors within its first ten years, including: H.R.H. Prince Arthur, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and American railroad tycoon and yachting enthusiast Mr William Kissam Vanderbilt – part owner of the 1895 America’s Cup winner, the 37.5m sloop Defender.

SAI Ambrosini

During the 1980s, the firm ventured into boat-building (including Azzurra, Italy's first America's Cup contender) and eventually into oil rigs before closing in 1992.

Sheila Parker

In 1974 Parker helped Fodens, originally a works team from the Edwin Foden, Sons & Co. lorry manufacturing plant in Sandbach, shock Southampton in the final of the Women's FA Cup.

Stan Zemanek

He worked as a producer on the John Laws program in Australia starting in 1978, before returning to North America for some years, where he covered the 1983 America's Cup.

Sylvia Gore

In 1974 Gore helped Fodens, originally a works team from the Edwin Foden, Sons & Co. lorry manufacturing plant in Sandbach, shock Southampton in the final of the Women's FA Cup.

Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton

The N. Y. Y. C. yacht America won the event and its silver trophy was subsequently renamed the America's Cup.

Tollesbury

The centre of the sign shows the yacht 'Endeavour II' which was the 1937 British challenger for the America's Cup while on the left is depicted the fishing smack 'Sallie'.

Udo Schütz

Thus, „Container“ was the name of his yacht with which he in 1993, together with Pinta and Rubin XII, won the Admiral's Cup for Germany.

Willy Wise

In 1985, he returned to New York and subsequently became the 1987 Champion of the Mayor's Cup in Washington, DC, the Spanish Cup and the New York State Golden Gloves.


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