Sailing

The return of Tracy Edwards, who skippered the all-woman Maiden in the 1989-90 Whitbread, was signalled yesterday when she announced she was "in the final stages of negotiation" with the New Zealand owners to buy Enza, the 92ft catamaran which holds the round-the-world record.

With a lead of more than 100 miles over Ludde Ingvall's Nicorette, Hasso Plattner's Morning Glory should be first over the line tomorrow in the Cape to Rio race. Pierre Mas, in Corum, is 45 miles behind.