All Racquet Sports articles – Page 18
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News briefsPuma returns to pádel with new collection
After an eight-year hiatus, Puma is returning to pádel with a new collection of racquets, shoes, apparel and accessories – for players of various expertise and style – as well as a campaign called Faster Padel. The racquets range from the top-of-the-line solarATTACK, solarATTACK PWR (power) and solarATTACK CTR (control) ...
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News briefsDunlop partners with Tennis Europe
Tennis Europe and Dunlop have signed a comprehensive partnership deal recognizing the manufacturer as the main equipment sponsor of the European Tennis Federation. The four-year agreement, beginning April 1, marks the beginning of a long-term relationship between the two organizations during which Dunlop and its range of products, including K-Swiss ...
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Padel Nuestro to sponsor racquet-sports academy
According to CMDsport, Padel Nuestro has struck a deal with Equelité JCF – Sanyo Padel Academy to sponsor its Área de Pádel and all events held there. Run by former professional tennis player Juan Carlos Ferrero and current World Padel Tour (WPT) player Sanyo Gutiérrez, the academy is among the ...
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News briefsSigna’s Padel-Point launches French amateur padel tour supported by Cupra
Padel-Point, a brand of Tennis-Point GmbH, a Signa Sports United company, has launched the Cupra Padel-Point Tour, France 2022. The first event of its kind in France, consisting of eleven tournaments across the country from April to September, is designed to create a world-class amateur padel tournament in France and ...
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News briefsPádel Nuestro renews tournament sponsorship
According to CMDsport, Pádel Nuestro has extended to 2023 its deal to be the “premium” sponsor and official store of the Challenger youth tournaments put on by the World Padel Tour (WPT) and Ultimate Padel Company (UPC). The original deal dates to last year and the tournaments have since evolved ...
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News briefsTennis-Point is the new sponsor of ITA’s Collegiate Tennis Rankings
Tennis-Point is the new official sponsor of the ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings. As the governing body of college tennis in the U.S., the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) administers regional and national rankings for all five divisions of college tennis (NCAA Division I, Division II, Division III, NAIA and NJCAA), including ...
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News briefsPadel Trend Expo 2022, the first major Italian trade show dedicated to padel
The inaugural edition of the Padel Trend Expo will take place at Palazzo dei Congressi in Rome on Sept. 16-18, 2022. The event is organized by Next Group, an integrated communication group with its subsidiary Padel Trend Srl and in collaboration with the Italian Tennis Federation (FIT). The new event, ...
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ArticleInternational Padel Federation unveils name, logo and dates of new official padel tour
The International Padel Federation (FIP), headquartered in Switzerland but operating from Spain, has released more details about its new padel circuit, which will be called Premier Padel, and its new logo, a gold star attached to five paddles. Until now, the emerging sport has had only one world championship, the ...
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England Golf to receive nearly £8 million from Sport England to tackle inequalities
England Golf will receive an investment of £7.97 million (€9.52m) of government and National Lottery funding from Sport England over the next five years, which England Golf and Sport England will use to work in partnership to tackle inequalities in the game. The investment is part of Sport England’s new ...
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Scottish Golf reports membership increase
According to Scottish Golf’s Annual Review 2021, released at the governing body’s general assembly on March 6, the total playing membership of adults and juniors in Scotland’s affiliated golf clubs increased by 7.3 percent in 2021. The increase took the total to 207,676, including 182,167 males and 25,509 females. Membership ...
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World Padel Tour aligns prize money for men and women
World Padel Tour (WPT) has decided to level all prize money handed out at every event, with immediate effect. With this decision, described as having “no precedent in worldwide sport,” WPT becomes the first global competition to have equal prize money at all its events. This is also the latest ...
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PGA Tour announces multi-year partnership with Nobull as official training apparel and footwear
The PGA Tour and Nobull have announced a new multi-year partnership that designates Nobull as the “Official Training Apparel and Footwear of the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions” and the umbrella sponsor of PGA Tour Active through 2027. Nobull products will be available to players at tournaments throughout the ...
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ArticleSigna Sports United grows by only 10.6% as bike supply issues persist
Signa Sports United (SSU), which continues to be hampered by supply chain issues within its full-bike segment, grew first-quarter revenues by 10.6 percent to €213 million due to strong sales gains within its tennis (+43 percent) and outdoor equipment (+20 percent) segments. Excluding sales of full bikes, first-quarter revenues climbed ...
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News briefsSkechers launches pickleball footwear and sponsors US Open
Skechers is getting involved in one of the fastest-growing sports in North America as the official footwear sponsor of the US Open Pickleball Championships, organized by Spirit Promotions since 2016. With no corresponding footwear in the Skechers collections until now, the brand will introduce a range of specific Skechers pickleball ...
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News briefsDP World Tour and EDGA further expand reach of golf for the disabled
The DP World Tour has announced an expanded G4D (Golf for the Disabled) schedule and a “transformational” support package for the European Disabled Golf Association (EDGA). As part of the agreement, the 2022 G4D Tour’s international schedule will feature a minimum of seven tournaments, up from five in 2021. In ...
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England Golf sends teams to European events for golfers with a disability
England Golf will be sending teams to this summer’s European Team Championship for Golfers with a Disability and Nations Cup in Belgium. The decision marks the first time England Golf will manage and field teams of amateur golfers with a disability in international competition. The two events will take place ...
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News briefsDecathlon positions itself as the “benchmark company” for padel sports
Decathlon Spain is determined not to miss the opportunities offered by the still trendy sport of padel. The retailer has announced that it wants to position itself as “the reference for padel players.” To that end, it is heavily promoting the D-Padel marketplace, which was originally created by employees of ...
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News briefsCallaway will support Women’s Golf Day for another three years
Callaway Golf has announced a three-year extension as the official golf club sponsor of Women’s Golf Day. This year’s initiative is scheduled to take place on June 7. Callaway has been Women’s Golf Day’s sponsor since 2020. Women’s Golf Day is a global movement that supports women and girls through ...
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News briefsAdidas sets tennis court afloat off Great Barrier Reef
Adidas and Parley for the Oceans have constructed a tennis court out of recycled ocean plastic and set it afloat, in time for the Australian Open, within Australia’s Great Barrier Reef marine park. The court does not itself float but is set atop one of the park authority’s barges. It ...
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Tennis-Point to run a pro shop in Spain
Tennis-Point has struck a four-year deal to take charge of and operate under its own banner the pro shop at a well-known Spanish tennis academy, the Emilio Sánchez Academy in El Prat de Llobregat, a municipality outside the city of Barcelona. The deal could lead to other pro-shop opportunities for ...
