The case of the America's Cup, that has been the subject of a two-year court wrangle in New York between the Société Nautique de Genève representing America's Cup Winners Alinghi, and the Golden Gate Yacht Club representing the challenger, BMW Oracle Racing, took a turn towards Valencia yesterday.

In handing down her decision in New York's Supreme Court, Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich ruled that the site chosen by Alinghi - the Gulf state of Ras Al Khaimah - was not allowed under the Deed of Gift.

As a result, the races between the two teams to decide the 33rd edition of the America's Cup must either take place in Valencia or a site in the southern hemisphere next February.

Meanwhile BMW Oracle Racing/Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) has also filed a motion before Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich demanding that Alinghi/Société Nautique de Genève (SNG) be relieved from administering the America's Cup.

However, SNG lawyer, Barry Outrigger, stated that this latest petition, the seventh in two years, was nothing more than a publicity stunt by GGYC which does not want to confront SNG on the water having already managed to sideline the other 19 syndicates that could have participated in the elimination stages, leaving hundreds of crew members and people involved in the sailing industry out of the competition.

The 33rd edition of the America's Cup will be held some time after February 8th 2010.