All Racquet Sports articles – Page 27
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The Lawn Tennis Association has a new three-year partnership deal...
The Lawn Tennis Association has a new three-year partnership deal with Babolat, which will provide technical and product support as well as stringing for the whole organization. Babolat’s Team ball will be the official ball of the LTA. The British association did not have a sponsor previously.
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The French tennis player Gael Monfils, who has been endorsing...
The French tennis player Gael Monfils, who has been endorsing Nike for many years, will represent K-Swiss footwear and apparel in a new multi-year deal.
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New Balance is new official supplier of the Italian Tennis...
New Balance is new official supplier of the Italian Tennis Federation, allowing its members to get a 20% discount on its tennis shoes.
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Head Estimates Ski And Tennis Markets
Head has quit informing analysts about the winter and racquet sports markets in regular conference calls, but its annual report, released a few days ago, provides some insights into the categories covered by the company. Head estimated that the alpine ski market shrank to about 3.1 million pairs of ...
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Prince adds Vera Zvonareva, the 25-year-old Russia tennis champion, to...
Prince adds Vera Zvonareva, the 25-year-old Russia tennis champion, to its roster of endorsers.
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A Spanish tennis champion, Fernando Verdasco, has switched sponsors from...
A Spanish tennis champion, Fernando Verdasco, has switched sponsors from Tecnifibre to Yonex.
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Head Sees Drops Except In Tennis
Head NV has released preliminary figures for the 2009 fiscal year, reporting a 2.1 percent drop in sales to €319.0 million. However, the reported operating profit more than quadrupled to €8.4 million, from €1.9 million in 2008. Net income was €22.3 million, a significant turnaround from the €9.7 million loss ...
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Limited Sports has taken on the distribution of Völkl Tennis...
Limited Sports has taken on the distribution of Völkl Tennis in the German-speaking countries. The team of 10 sales representatives is headed by Hermann Olschewski, a former sales director of Reebok Germany. It will start with the sales of equipment and accessories, adding apparel later on.
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The tennis player Justine Henin has returned to the courts...
The tennis player Justine Henin has returned to the courts with a deal with Wilson.
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Babolat has signed up the best French tennis player, Jo-Wilfried...
Babolat has signed up the best French tennis player, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, for racquets, strings and accessories, joining other champions such as Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick and Fernando Gonzalez.
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The world’s No. 1 doubles team in tennis, the brothers...
The world’s No. 1 doubles team in tennis, the brothers Bob and Mike Bryan, have left their long-time sponsor, Adidas, to go with K-Swiss. The deal is said to be worth the high six figures. Adidas also recently lost Novak Djokovic, No. 3 worldwide, who has been recruited by Sergio ...
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Sam Querrey, ranked No. 24 in worldwide tennis and No....
Sam Querrey, ranked No. 24 in worldwide tennis and No. 2 in the U.S., has signed a deal with K-Swiss.
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Babolat has launched its first badminton shoe. Called Shadow, it...
Babolat has launched its first badminton shoe. Called Shadow, it has been developed together with Michelin like its tennis shoes. It is said to be lighter and less expensive than a competing model by Yonex. The French brand is also putting out a new oversize tennis racquet, called Y, that ...
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Fila has become the official tennis apparel and footwear partner...
Fila has become the official tennis apparel and footwear partner of the 2009 Sony Ericsson Championships-Doha, taking place from Oct. 27 to Nov. 1 in Qatar.
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Fila and the tennis player James Blake are teaming up...
Fila and the tennis player James Blake are teaming up on a new men’s line of apparel, footwear and accessories for tennis, golf, fitness and lifestyle. The Thomas Reynolds collection, named for Blake’s late father, will officially launch for next spring, initially to be sold at Wigmore Sport, an independent ...
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Pacific Buys Fischer Tennis
The tennis unit of Fischer, the Austrian ski brand, was taken over at the end of last month by Pacific-Entermark, a German company specializing in tennis strings, stringing machines and tennis accessories sold under the Pacific brand name. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but it will enable ...
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The tenniswear collection designed by Stella McCartney for Adidas will...
The tenniswear collection designed by Stella McCartney for Adidas will be endorsed at the U.S. Tennis Open at the end of this month by Cariolina Wozniacki, who is already sponsored by Adidas.
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Wilson Sporting Goods has signed Filip Krajinovic, the 17-year-old tennis...
Wilson Sporting Goods has signed Filip Krajinovic, the 17-year-old tennis player, to a long-term deal.
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Yonex, the Japanese maker of golf, tennis and badminton equipment,...
Yonex, the Japanese maker of golf, tennis and badminton equipment, reported that annual turnover for the year ended March 31 grew by 2 percent to ¥37.4 billion (€282.5m-$394.4m), though this was short of the ¥39.0 billion earlier predicted. Consolidated annual net income was ¥559 million (€4.2m-$5.9m), under the forecast of ...
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Li Ning will be sponsoring the Chinese National Badminton Team,...
Li Ning will be sponsoring the Chinese National Badminton Team, which joins the teams for table tennis, gymnastics, shooting and diving.
