Italy’s Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli won the first ever Women’s America’s Cup after beating Britain’s Athena Pathway on Saturday. Luna Rossa led from the start and won the six-leg match race off the Barcelona beach front eight seconds ahead of the British boat.

BARCELONA, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Italy and Britain qualified for the first America's Cup for women on Friday after a tight semi-final series. On a day of fluctuating Mediterranean winds, the contest to whittle the fleet of six down to two went down to the wire as the sun set over Barcelona.

Italy's Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli won the first-ever Women's America's Cup after beating Britain's Athena Pathway.

Emirates Team New Zealand have won the opening two races of the America’s Cup final against INEOS Britannia off Barcelona.

By Alexander Smith BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) -Italy beat Britain on Saturday to clinch the first Women's America's Cup, which sailors hope will help bridge the experience gap at the male-dominated top end of the sport.

These two crews move on to compete head-to-head in the Puig Women’s America’s Cup Match Race Final, which has been scheduled for tomorrow – Saturday October 12 – in between the opening two races of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Match.