Sailing

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has insisted that the body needs to see more progress in improving water pollution in Rio de Janeiro as the Brazilian city prepares to host the 2016 summer Games.

Vero Communications has been appointed by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) to advise and support the governing body’s campaign to include disabled sailing in the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

A former America’s Cup executive has unveiled plans for a new international regatta to be hosted on an annual basis in San Francisco Bay, and is seeking to attract teams that have been priced out or turned off by recent turmoil surrounding the sailing showpiece.

Sailing’s World Match Racing Tour has confirmed the addition of new events in Russia and France for the 2015-16 campaign.

America’s Cup organisers have bolstered the line-up of competitors ahead of the start of the campaign for the 2017 edition of the sailing showpiece by unveiling a new challenger team from Japan.

The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has threatened to move its 2016 Olympic Games events away from Guanabara Bay amid concerns that pollution levels at the Rio de Janeiro venue remain unchecked.

Organisers of the 2015 America’s Cup World Series have confirmed an event that had been scheduled to take place this year in the Italian municipality of Cagliari has been dropped following the withdrawal of Luna Rossa Challenge from the 35th edition of the sailing showpiece, which is scheduled to conclude in the Bahamas in 2017.

Sailing’s America’s Cup is embroiled in yet more dispute after Italy’s Luna Rossa Challenge withdrew from the 2017 regatta in protest against new regulations for the event – a move that has resulted in coun…

The America’s Cup Event Authority (ACEA) has announced that the majority of teams have agreed to make changes aimed at significantly reducing costs for the 2017 edition of the sailing showpiece, along with concentrating all of the year’s racing in Bermuda.

The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) sailing series has added a UK event to its 2015-16 schedule.

Sailing’s World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) has announced a new and expanded 16-event schedule for the 2015-16 world championship, adding that this is expected to rise beyond 20 competitions by the season-opener in May.

Organisers of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games have dismissed state government declarations that it will miss its clean-up targets for the event’s sailing and wind surfing venue.

Rio de Janeiro will not meet its targets on clearing up pollution from the Guanabara Bay venue ahead of its hosting of the 2016 Olympic Games, according to newly-appointed state environment secretary Andre Correa.

The Extreme Sailing Series has announced it will return to Germany for its ninth season, as it unveiled Hamburg as a new addition to its 2015 calendar.

The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has completed its event line-up for the 2015 Sailing World Cup after renewing Qingdao, China as a host venue for two more years.

Clipper Ventures, the operating body of the Clipper Race round-the-world sailing event, has launched a new venture in association with Praxes Medical Group.