Oracle Team USA said in a report to the international jury earlier this month they had inserted illegal lead shot into an AC45.

Faced with a torrent of water blasting at him as the bows of Team New Zealand's high-powered catamaran crashed into the water.

Team New Zealand's first point of the Louis Vuitton finals came at a hefty price, as the Kiwis suffered serious gear damage, losing two men overboard in the process.

Latest updates of the opening two races of the Louis Vuitton Cup finals series between Emirates Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa of Italy.

Emirates Team New Zealand faced two opponents this morning - the sailors of Luna Rossa in the Louis Vuitton Cup final and the intense watchers of Oracle Team USA.

There is a New Zealander, Graham McKenzie, on the five-person international jury which is investigating allegations of cheating by Oracle Team USA in the America's Cup World Series.

The America's Cup international jury should, at the very least, deduct a point or two from Oracle Team USA's America's Cup defence - giving expected challenger Emirates Team NZ a head start in the final.

As befitting its tortuous history, the 34th America's Cup regatta has had it all - and a whole lot of nothing.

It might be a run-in with a pelican that Chris Smith has to thank for his booming app company.

The investigation into Oracle boat tampering looks set to be a drawn-out process, casting a shadow over the remainder of the team's preparations for the America's Cup.

Artemis Racing owner Torbjorn Tornqvist has vowed his team's disastrous 34th America's Cup challenge will not be their last.

Artemis Racing's disastrous America's Cup challenge has come to an end after just four races, with Luna Rossa wrapping up the Louis Vuitton Cup semifinals this morning.

If the America's Cup AC45s cheating scandal escalates, some Oracle team members could be ejected from the 34th America's Cup and maybe even banned from sailing.

Artemis Racing's participation in the Louis Vuitton Cup looks set to last less than a week after Luna Rossa again made light work of the Swedish team in race two of the semifinals.

Luna Rossa look set to make short work of the Louis Vuitton Cup semifinals after recording another convincing win over Artemis this morning.

Air New Zealand is a supplier to New Zealand's America's Cup arch-rivals Oracle.

Luna Rossa has taken the first point of the Louis Vuitton Cup semifinals but it was Artemis who impressed.

Emirates Team New Zealand went up against Artemis Racing today in some impromptu race practice on San Francisco Bay.

The first round of the 34th America's Cup challenge is over, with Team New Zealand earning all the plaudits.

The sight of the hull of Emirates Team New Zealand's catamaran lifting out of the water in San Francisco Bay is not only a spectacle for sailing fans, it is worth millions of dollars to New Zealand's economy.

Luna Rossa have been stung over $110,000 for failing to turn up to the Louis Vuitton Cup opening party last month.

Tom Cruise's sail with Team NZ in San Francisco this week was the result of a joint effort by the Lord of the Rings producer Barrie Osborne and Leon Grice.

Artemis skipper Iain Percy kept a strong grip on the rudder of common sense and trimmed the sails of expectation yesterday.

No more solo sails; no more lashings of Luna Rossa - Emirates Team NZ are going directly to the Louis Vuitton Cup final and we will not see them race again until August 18 (NZT).

Tom Cruise thought it was just going to be a journey back to the jetty.