Sailors on the Luna Rossa America's Cup team, whose boss said he would consider withdrawing in the wake of rival sailor Andrew Simpson's death, have taken to the waters of San Francisco Bay. It was the Italian team's first foray in their AC72 catamaran in the waters where the America's Cup is to be contested in September. Before then Luna Rossa will face rivals from Sweden and New Zealand in July and August for a chance to take on American defenders Oracle for the Cup.

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The death of British sailor Andrew Simpson when Artemis Racing's AC72 capsized on Thursday highlighted concerns that the spectacular new America's Cup catamarans are just too fast. Simpson died on Thursday when he was trapped under part of the boat after it capsized and broke up during training in San Francisco Bay. The Swedish team's yacht was the second AC72 to capsize in San Francisco Bay, after Cup defender Oracle flipped end-over-end last October.

Nine people were feared dead on Wednesday after a container ship crashed in Italy's busiest port of Genoa, bringing down a 50-metre (164-foot) control tower, in an accident that revived memories of last year's Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster. The Jolly Nero ploughed into the dock late on Tuesday during a standard manoeuvre as it was being steered to exit the port on its way to Naples with a cargo of trucks and containers. Some of the victims were thrown into the water, while others were trapped in the tower's lift, which plunged into the sea, emergency workers said.