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ESPN acquires America’s Cup rights

Exclusive access: ESPN will show America's Cup racing beginning with the World Series in Gothenburg this month (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

ESPN has acquired the exclusive multi-platform rights to the 35th America’s Cup.

Under the agreement, ESPN International will air live racing and highlights of all events in the 35th America’s Cup, including the America’s Cup World Series in 2015 and 2016; the America’s Cup Qualifiers and Challenger Play-offs; the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup; and the America’s Cup Match in Bermuda in May and June 2017.

“We’re happy to be working with the ESPN team again to build on the strength of what we achieved together in the last America’s Cup,” Harvey Schiller, the America’s Cup commercial commissioner, said. “This agreement will bring America’s Cup racing to millions of fans in Mexico, Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean.”

ESPN will air this month’s America’s Cup World Series in Gothenburg, Sweden, with racing on August 29 and 30.