All Pádel articles – Page 3

  • Rookfy
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    Spanish bike-rental company has big plans

    2023-03-01T15:02:00Z

    Rookfy, a bicycle-rental platform in Spain, enjoyed a satisfactory debut last year, according to chief technology officer Santiago Alonso, who spoke with CMDsport. The young company has recently added the retailer Escapa to its marketplace and joined the Spanish Association of Brands and Bicycles (Ambe). In an interview with Joanseguidor.com, ...

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    PPA reviewing legal options against WPT

    2023-02-10T15:13:00Z

    The Professional Padel Association (PPA) is none too happy over the plans of the World Padel Tour (WPT) for the current year. The union has released a nine-point statement alleging breach of player contracts and describing the tour’s “unilateral” decisions as being “of a gravity without comparison, not only in ...

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    Pádel takes the lead in Catalonia

    2023-02-10T11:05:00Z

    The battle of racquet sports is hot in Catalonia, according to CMDsport. Back in 2019, for the first time, the ranks of the Catalonian Pádel Federation swelled past those of the Catalonian Tennis Federation. Tennis surged again thereafter but has since fallen behind again. For the past two years the ...

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    Babolat increasingly focusing on padel

    2023-02-09T15:23:00Z

    In an interview with French online sport publication Sportbuzzbusiness.fr, Babolat’s sales director, Olivier Plancon, said that the company now expects padel to become nearly as relevant for the company as tennis, which remains its main sales driver. Padel currently accounts for 25 percent of Babolat’s business in Europe, and 20 ...

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    Starvie and Asics join forces, comment on pádel

    2023-02-08T15:09:00Z

    As the Spanish press reports, racquet manufacturer Starvie has struck a sponsorship deal with Asics for its roster of professional pádel players, who as of this month will be competing in the Japanese brand’s apparel and shoes. Among these players are Bea González, Coki Nieto and Javi Garrido. Quoted in ...

  • Padel Galis
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    Valencian firm aligns with PPA

    2023-02-08T09:13:00Z

    Already the official court provider for the World Padel Tour (WPT), Padel Galis has struck a deal to become the first official supplier of courts and grass to the Professional Padel Association (PPA), according to CMDsport. The deal’s terms will give professional players a say in the official court’s design. ...

  • Head
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    A second consecutive record year at Head Spain

    2023-02-02T09:35:00Z

    Head Spain broke in 2022 the record it set in 2021 for annual sales, which increased by 27 percent from €18.43 to €27 million. As CEO Jochen Schirmer explained to CMDsport, the most recent full year saw equipment purchases rise in tandem with the practice of sports. Moreover, the end ...

  • EEP Capital
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    L.A. gets first pro pádel franchise

    2023-01-04T15:41:00Z

    EEP Capital, which describes itself as the first venture-capital fund devoted to the sport, has purchased the first pádel franchise in Los Angeles. The team will be playing within the Pro Padel League, the professional league in the U.S. EEP Capital is tied to and shares management with EE Padel ...

  • Clustr Internacional Padel
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    CIP to attend this month’s Padel Trend Expo

    2023-01-04T15:41:00Z

    The International Pádel Cluster (CIP) will be exhibiting at Padel Trend Expo Milan, as will many of its associated brands: Babolat, Bullpadel, Enebe, Gimpadel, Head, Just Ten, Kelme, Mejorset, Mondo, Okatent, Paddeo, Padel Courts Deluxe, Padel Galis, Playtomic, Set, Softee, Starvie, Stop Sudor, Vibor-A and Wilson. Scheduled for Jan. 13-15, ...

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    European Games admit pádel

    2023-01-04T07:59:00Z

    Pádel is angling for a spot on the list of Olympic sports, which now includes skateboarding, trampoline and even breaking (break dancing). The president of the International Padel Federation (FIP), Luigi Carraro, seems to have taken the sport a step closer to this goal. Back in July 2019, he appealed ...

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    CIP’s ISPO presentation optimistic on pádel

    2022-12-01T14:34:00Z

    Pádel, it appears, continues to thrive. At the freshly concluded ISPO Munich 2022 the Clúster Internacional del Pádel (CIP) reported that pádel-racquet sales increased by nearly 72 percent year-on-year in the second quarter, according to Diffusion Sport. This was, however, down from the more than 85 percent rise of the ...

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    Wilson to begin selling pádel courts

    2022-10-28T13:47:00Z

    Having joined forces with Padel Galis, Wilson Sporting Goods will begin selling pádel courts next month, according to CMDsport. Wilson Court, as the product is called, will, in time, be selling worldwide but is focused for now on the U.S. Padel Galis, a Spanish company that manufactures official courts for ...

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    New pádel tournament in Egypt

    2022-09-21T13:34:00Z

    Premier Padel has struck a multiyear deal with the New Giza Sports Club, CA Sports Marketing and the Egyptian Padel Federation to establish the first P1 pádel tournament in Egypt – and, indeed, in all of Africa. NEWGIZA Premier Padel is scheduled for Oct. 24-30 of this year at the ...

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    Two pádel shows coming to Italy

    2022-09-15T12:57:00Z

    Two pádel trade shows are seeing the light of day in Italy, according to the Clúster Internacional del Pádel (CIP). The first to have been conceived by the event company Next Group is Padel Trend. This was supposed to take place in Rome, but a proposed deal with Fiera Roma ...

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    Premier Padel expands match coverage worldwide

    2022-07-07T05:20:00Z

    Premier Padel – the official worldwide pádel circuit, under the International Pádel Federation (FIP), and supported by Professional Padel Association (PPA) and Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) – has been signing deals for media coverage of its tournaments. The circuit has, for instance, signed a multiyear deal with Vivendi-owned French cable ...

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    Real Madrid, Adidas sponsor pádel tournament

    2022-06-09T07:06:00Z

    The third edition of the “Solidarity Circuit” Fundación Real Madrid by Santander began recently with a pádel tournament at the Mad4Padel club in Madrid. Among the participants were Iker Casillas, Felipe Reyes, Seba Nerone, Luis Milla, Miguel Torres and Lorenzo Sanz, representing such companies and bodes as Banco Santander, Pádel ...

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    Pádel on track to unseat tennis in Europe

    2022-05-23T15:16:00Z

    According to a recent study conducted by Monitor Deloitte and Playtomic, pádel could soon surpass tennis as Europe’s top racquet sport and become one of the most popular sports in the world. Even in the thick of the pandemic, from 2020 to 2021, the Continent was opening 98 pádel courts ...

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    Italy secures pádel tournament

    2022-04-26T08:25:00Z

    The International Padel Federation (FIP), the Italian Tennis Federation (FIT) and Italy’s government sports agency (Sport e Salute) have signed a multi-year deal to establish Italy’s first majors tournament for pádel. The event is part of the world’s new official circuit, Premier Padel, under the management of FIP, the Professional ...

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    Puma returns to pádel with new collection

    2022-04-01T13:29:00Z

    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) ...

  • Ispo Munich
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    Pádel Village returns to ISPO Munich

    2022-03-30T12:45:00Z

    According to CMDsport, the Padel Village, not seen since its inaugural years of 2014 and 2015, is making a return at this year’s ISPO Munich, scheduled for Nov. 28-30. The representative of the trade show in Spain, Martina Claus, believes that the market for pádel was at the time insufficiently ...