![J.P. Morgan BAR team skippered by Ben Ainslie competes in a match race during the America's Cup World Series on August 24, 2012 J.P. Morgan BAR team skippered by Ben Ainslie competes in a match race during the America's Cup World Series on August 24, 2012](https://web.archive.org/web/20140822090140im_/http://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/article9684284.ece/alternates/w140/Ainslie.jpg)
America's Cup 2017: Challengers announced for the 'Auld Mug'
21 August 2014 06:19 PM
Britain’s Sir Ben Ainslie could allow himself only a brief moment to celebrate clearing another hurdle on the track to winning the America’s Cup as it was confirmed that his British challenge through the Royal Yacht Squadron had been accepted, along with Italy, Sweden, France, and New Zealand.