Two teams remain to fight it out for the Louis Vuitton Cup, and there may be even more sailing shocks in store

The Sunday Times

After the debacle with Oracle, nobody is prepared to make predictions about the outcome of the Louis Vuitton Cup, which reaches its climax in Valencia this week. The best-of-nine-race final between Luna Rossa and Emirates Team New Zealand was not exactly the one expected even a month ago, when the big budget BMW Oracle squad were strong favourites not just to challenge Alinghi for the 32nd America’s Cup, but to take the Auld Mug back to America for the first time in 15 years. >more