MADRID, Oct 21, 2007 (AFP) - Stalled talks aimed at resolving a dispute between champions Alinghi of Switzerland and US sydicate Oracle that could see a postponement of the 2009 America's Cup in Spain are to be resumed on Monday in the US, organisers said on Sunday.

The head of organisers AC Management, Michel Hodara, told AFP that the two sides would talk again informally before a court case over the new rules governing the event that were proposed by Alinghi get underway in New York.

MADRID, Oct 21, 2007 (AFP) - Talks aimed at resolving a dispute between champions Alinghi of Switzerland and US sydicate Oracle that could wreck the 2009 America's Cup in Spain have broken down, the Americans said late Saturday.

The failure to resolve their differences over the organisation of the event will likely lead to the competition, due to be held in Valencia, being postponed to a later date, specialists said.

MADRID, Oct 20, 2007 (AFP) - Spain's Desafio Espanol are to blame for the America's Cup crisis triggered by the new set of rules laid down by champions Alinghi, Polish skipper Karol Jablonski claims.

Jablonski made the attack on his old team in an interview here Saturday, arguing that Desafio, as the official 'Challenger of Record', should never have accepted the controversial protocol proposed by Alinghi.

MADRID, Oct 17, 2007 (AFP) - US syndicate Oracle is poised to make a 'constructive proposal' aimed at ending the damaging legal dispute with champions Alinghi which is threatening the 2009 America's Cup in Spain.

'We are giving urgent consideration to what it takes to resolve this,' a spokeswoman for Oracle and Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) of San Francisco which represents the US syndicate told AFP, on Wednesday.

'We hope to soon have a constructive proposal that we will then look forward to discussing with the challengers and defender,' she said.

MADRID, Oct 12, 2007 (AFP) - Top American yachtsman Paul Cayard was on Friday named as sporting director of Spain's Desafio Espanol team for the next America's Cup.

Cayard, 48, a veteran of six Cups, was an advisor to Desafio for last year's event in Valencia in which the Spaniards made the semi-final of the Louis-Vuitton Cup, the winner of which determines who challenges for the America's Cup.

Desafio Espanol is one of five officially registered challengers who hope to take on Swiss defending champion Alinghi in Valencia in 2009.

MADRID, Oct 11, 2007 (AFP) - There were encouraging signs at a meeting of challengers for the 33rd America's Cup aimed at ending a legal dispute that is threatening the event but much work remains to be done, sources close to the talks said on Thursday.

The conflict pits Switzerland's Alinghi against US syndicate Oracle who argue that the new rules for the yachting race are unfairly weighed in the defender's favour.

MADRID, Oct 10, 2007 (AFP) - Official and potential challengers for the 33rd America's Cup will meet Wednesday in Valencia to try to iron out a legal dispute that is threatening the next edition of the event set for 2009.

It will be an 'informal meeting' aimed at ending a conflict over the new rules for the yachting race that has pit defending champion Alinghi against US syndicate Oracle, a source close to the talks told AFP.

MADRID, Oct 4, 2007 (AFP) - Oracle skipper Russell Coutts has urged defending America's Cup champions Alinghi to negotiate a solution to a legal dispute that is threatening the next edition in Spain in 2009.

Oracle took legal action in the United States against Alinghi in July over new rules adopted by Alinghi for the 33rd America's Cup which they say are unfairly weighed in the defender's favour such as the right to bar teams from the race.

MADRID, Oct 3, 2007 (AFP) - The next America's Cup, scheduled to be held in Spain in 2009, may be postponed due to legal wrangling over competition rules, the organisers said Wednesday.

'As a consequence of the uncertainty and the delays arising from the Golden Gate Yacht Club law suit in New York, AC Management is concerned that the feasibility of organising the next America's Cup in Valencia in 2009 has been effectively compromised,' ACM said in a statement.

MADRID, Oct 3, 2007 (AFP) - The next America's Cup, scheduled to be held in Spain in 2009, may be postponed due to legal wrangling over competition rules, the organisers said Wednesday.

'As a consequence of the uncertainty and the delays arising from the Golden Gate Yacht Club law suit in New York, AC Management is concerned that the feasibility of organising the next America's Cup in Valencia in 2009 has been effectively compromised,' ACM said in a statement.