Latest - Team New Zealand has revealed it tipped over its new America's boat in what it calls a "little whoopsie".
Emirates Team New Zealand capsize on the Waitemata Harbour. Photo: Twitter: Emirates Team New Zealand
The team, which is testing its monohull boat ahead of a Christmas break, released details of the mishap on twitter this morning.
It says the boat capsized while testing on the Waitemata Harbour but was righted again quickly and the crew were all OK.
It says the capsize was "all part of learning".
The team is preparing for the defence of the America's Cup in march 2021.
Mancheter City on course for three-peat
Manchester City remain on course to lift English football's League Cup for a third successive season but were given a stern test by third-tier Oxford United before winning 3-1 in the quarter-finals.
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Leicester City beat Everton on penalties after the scores were locked at 2-all at fulltime.
Manchester United beat Colchester 3-nil in today's other quarter final.
Yesterday Aston Villa beat Liverpool.
In the semi-finals United play City and Leicester play Aston Villa.
Meanwhile Liverpool have beaten Mexico's Monterrey 2-1 clinching the winner in stoppage time to reach football's Club World Cup final, where they will play Brazil's Flamengo.
While Barcelona and Real Madrid have played out a nil all draw in the El Classico at Nou Camp.
Patel ends his career
Jeetan Patel has finished his stellar playing career with a tidy spell and two more wickets to his tally, but not a Wellington Firebirds victory as the Central Stags proved too slick on their way to a 24-run win in the Super Smash T20 competition.
Jeetan Patel Photo: PHOTOSPORT
Patel was recognised for a career that has spanned two decades, receiving a guard of honour onto the Basin Reserve in his final match in yellow and black.
Patel finished with 2 for 30 to take his wickets total to 504 across all formats for Wellington.
Central scored 183 for 6, while Wellington finished on 159 for 9.
The Stags now sit atop the table with two wins from two. The Firebirds have a win and a loss as they plot the rest of their season without the legendary off-spinner in the ranks.
India thump Windies
India openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul both smashed hundreds and combined in a stand of 227 to set up a comfortable 107-run win against West Indies in the second one-day international, levelling the three-match series at 1-1.
Rohit hit 159 for his 28th century in ODIs while Rahul brought up his third in the format with a knock of 102 to lay down the platform for India's massive score of 387 for five after West Indies won the toss and chose to field.
The power-packed Caribbean batting unit, who successfully chased down a target of 288 in Chennai on Sunday to win by eight wickets, were bundled out for 280 in the 44th over at Visakhapatnam.
Cuttack will host the decisive ODI on Sunday.
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CA confident of MCG wicket
Cricket Australia boss Kevin Roberts has urged Melbourne Cricket Ground staff not to "overreact" to the abandonment of a domestic match due to a dangerous pitch by producing a flat wicket for next week's Boxing Day test against New Zealand.
MCG Photo: CC: Alexander Sheko
A Sheffield Shield match at the MCG was halted last week because of a dangerous surface on which several Western Australia batsmen took body blows from deliveries that reared up at them.
The abandonment was embarrassing for groundsman Matt Page and Melbourne Cricket Club, but Roberts backed ground staff to produce a wicket that would challenge both batsman and bowler.
The MCG's drop-in wicket has been under scrutiny since it was given a "poor" rating by the International Cricket Council after a dull draw between Australia and England in the 2017-18 Ashes series.
In last year's annual Boxing Day test, India beat Australia by 137 runs, and the pitch was rated "average". But the wicket was still criticised by media pundits and fans for offering bowlers little assistance on the opening day.
Roberts said the fresh wicket for the second test between Australia and New Zealand would have more grass than the previous two Boxing Day strips.
Australia lead the three-match series against New Zealand 1-0 after winning the pink-ball day-night opener by 296 runs in Perth.
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'The Beast' heads to Washington DC
Tendai Mtawarira, Photo: Photosport
The Former South Africa prop Tendai Mtawarira is joining Washington's Old Glory DC in the fledgling Major League Rugby competition in the United States.
The World Cup winner, nicknamed the "Beast", will join the club on a one year deal having announced his retirement from test rugby last month after the Springboks were crowned world champions.
Former All Blacks mid-fielder Ma'a Nonu plays for San Diego and ex-All Blacks winger Rene Ranger and Australia back Digby Ioane are with Colorado Raptors.
Fury willing to take up Joshua's offer
Tyson Fury Photo: Photosport
Tyson Fury says he is willing to take up fellow Briton Anthony Joshua's offer of sparring to prepare for his February rematch with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder.
Fury will fight Wilder in Las Vegas after the pair battled to a draw last December, a result that saw Wilder retain his title.
Joshua, who reclaimed the IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO titles with his victory over Andy Ruiz Jr this month, made the offer as he said the 31-year-old would be more likely to agree to fight him at a later date.
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