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Tech clash at America's Cup: British bank on Mercedes F1 boost while Kiwis keep design in-house
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — When the yachts of New Zealand and Britain begin the America’s Cup finals on Saturday, Geoff Willis will be one of scores of designers and number-crunchers back on shore, hunkered over computers and pointing at screens, sweating out each maneuver on the waves. ...
Spain and Barcelona great Iniesta announces retirement after 22-year career
Andrés Iniesta, who scored Spain's World Cup-winning goal in 2010 and was one of the key players who made Barcelona's tiki-taka thrive for so long, announced his retirement from soccer on Tuesday. The 40-year-old Iniesta ended a 22-year career that also included two European...
A British team will race in the America’s Cup final for the first time since 1964 after beating Italians
This German church is the tallest in the world. Until Spain's La Sagrada Familia is done, anyway
ULM, Germany (AP) — The Ulmer Münster in southern Germany is the world's tallest church. For now, anyway. The Gothic-style Lutheran church's reign — begun in May 31, 1890 — could end in 2025, when La Sagrada Familia Basilica's “Tower of Jesus Christ” in Spain is set to be...
Skipper Giles Scott is SailGP's first transfer after sale of Canadian team
SAN DIEGO (AP) — In the first transfer fee deal in SailGP history, two-time Olympic gold medalist Giles Scott will take over as skipper of the Canadian team following its purchase by biotech entrepreneur Dr. Greg Bailey. Scott will leave Emirates GBR to lead the Canadian team,...
Former Poland goalkeeper Szczesny joins Barcelona after announcing his retirement in August
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona added former Poland goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny to its squad on Wednesday to help make up for the absence of the injured Marc-André ter Stegen. Szczesny had retired from professional soccer in August after leaving Italian club Juventus, but he...
Dortmund scores 7 while Barcelona, Man City and Arsenal all win in Champions League
Karim Adeyemi starred as Borussia Dortmund ran riot against Celtic while Barcelona and Manchester City claimed their first wins in the restructured Champions League on Tuesday. Adeyemi scored a first-half hat trick as Dortmund routed Celtic 7-1 at home. It was the second big win from...
The cycling sailors: Meet the pedal-pushers who keep the high-tech America's Cup yachts flying
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pounding on the pedals tucked inside his cockpit, David “Freddie” Carr is helping to keep Britain's yacht flying over the Mediterranean waves at the 37th America’s Cup. Carr is a member of the select tribe of cyclors, the “cycling sailors” almost...
Q&A: Lily Collins is ‘Emily in Paris,’ Rome and Barcelona
ROME (AP) — First Paris, now Rome and next Barcelona — Lily Collins is taking on two more European cities. As the star and producer of “Emily in Paris,” she’s been playing the unlucky-in-love marketing executive, breaking hearts (including her own) in France for the past...
America's Cup races postponed to Monday because of bad weather in Barcelona
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Switzerland’s Alinghi Red Bull Racing and France’s Orient Express Racing Team will have to wait another day to see who gets eliminated from the America's Cup after races were postponed to Monday because of the weather. Organizers said “some dynamic and...