Britain won a second race in their head-to-head America's Cup final against New Zealand on Wednesday, reducing the holders' lead to 4-2 in the first-to-seven points series in testing sea conditions off Barcelona.

New Zealand's Taihoro made it four from four off the Barcelona beachfront after beating Britannia by 23 seconds. The two boats exchanged leads in the first leg, but the Kiwis slowly added to their lead and were over 350 meters in front when they crossed the finish line.

Britain won a second race in their head-to-head America's Cup final against New Zealand on Wednesday, reducing the holders' lead to 4-2 in the first-to-seven-points series in testing sea conditions off Barcelona,

Britain won a second race in their America's Cup final against New Zealand in tricky sea conditions on Wednesday, cutting the holders' lead to 4-2 and prompting skipper Ben Ainslie to say "the comeback is on" in the first-to-seven series.

INEOS Britannia has gotten the break it needed and won its first race over Emirates Team New Zealand in the America’s Cup finals.

Great Britain cut New Zealand's lead in the America's Cup to 4-2 by winning both races on Wednesday. Sir Ben Ainslie's Ineos Britannia team fell 4-0 behind on Monday in the best-of-13 series in Barcelona.

New Zealand took a 4-0 lead in their America's Cup defence on Monday, getting the better of the British challenger in a tight early tacking duel and then managing to control the race.

The comeback is on,” declared Ben Ainslie after Ineos Britannia took their first race wins of the 37th America’s Cup match to move from 4-0 to 4-2 down against Emirates Team New Zealand, halving their deficit in the first-to-seven series.

Great Britain get on the board with two race wins to reignite America’s Cup bid - Sir Ben Ainslie’s Ineos Britannia boat claimed Britain’s first America’s Cup point since 1934 in race five before winning race six to make it 4-2.

By Alexander Smith BARCELONA (Reuters) -Britain won a second race in their head-to-head America's Cup final against New Zealand on Wednesday, reducing the holders' lead to 4-2 in the first-to-seven points series in testing sea conditions off Barcelona.