Oracle appeals court ruling backing Alinghi

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MADRID (AFP) — America's Cup challenger Oracle Friday appealed a ruling by a New York court that backed Swiss champion Alinghi in the legal battle between the two teams over the next edition of yachting's most prestigious event.

The appeals court on Tuesday backed Alinghi's right to name the Spanish team Desafio Espanol as the official "Challenger of Record", which gives it the right to help organise the next race, overturning a ruling issued last November.

The court withdrew the Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC), representing Oracle, from the position of Challenger of Record.

It also ordered the cancelation of a multi-hulled duel between the two teams that was to decide the next America's Cup in 2009, leaving Alinghi free to organise its preferred format of a...