All Racquet Sports articles – Page 19
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News briefsBunkered Live golf show to return in 2023
The Bunkered Live consumer golf show, which debuted this year, will return in 2023. The exhibition will return to the NEC in Birmingham on Feb. 24-26, followed by a second event at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh on March 24-26. Bunkered Live is an evolution from the Scottish Golf ...
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News briefsLacoste becomes official partner of the Madrid Open
Lacoste has agreed on a three-year deal with the Madrid Open as the tournament’s official footwear and apparel sponsor. The tennis tournament, currently sponsored by Mutua Madrileña and also known as Mutua Madrid Open, is one of nine ATP Masters 1000 and four WTA 1000 mandatory events. The tournament is ...
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News briefsDecathlon partners with Milano Premier Padel P1
Decathlon Italy has announced a partnership with Milano Premier Padel P1 through its brand Kuikma. The tournament is scheduled to take place on Dec. 5-11 at the Allianz Cloud in Milan. Premier Padel is the official worldwide pádel circuit under the International Pádel Federation (FIP), supported by Professional Players Association ...
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News briefsKoi Golf launches its first apparel collection
Koi Golf, a new U.K.-based company, is introducing its first golf apparel collection. The initial launch includes a men’s line that comprises polos, T-shirts and a range of golf accessories, including caps, hats, socks and towels. A women’s range and wider men’s range are to follow in 2023, GolfBusinessNews has ...
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News briefsYonex reported strong first half but braces for tough times ahead
Yonex, the Japanese sporting goods company, reported solid first-half results but warned that it anticipates tougher business conditions ahead due to raw material price hikes, the depreciation of the yen, inflation, and general economic condition. The group, however, said it will maintain investments in marketing and human resources “to sustain ...
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ArticleOn raises outlook again, vows to “protect the position of the brand”
On Holding, after reporting another quarter of strong results, now sees its FY22 revenues growing by 55 percent to 1.125 billion Swiss francs (€1.16b) and its adjusted Ebitda margin hitting CHF 148 million (€152.1m) despite ongoing margin pressure from the combination of a strong U.S. dollar and weak euro. The ...
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SponsoredISPO Munich 2022: Health & Fitness and the Padel Village in Hall C1
Premiers, product launches, and exercise for you. This is what to expect from Hall C1 at ISPO Munich.
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ArticleTopgolf Callaway tees off with record third quarter; lifts guidance
Topgolf Callaway Brands has lifted annual guidance after a record third quarter and said it continues to see the Topgolf operation as a key driver of growth that will contribute half of the company’s Ebitda in the near future. Group net revenue for the three months to Sept. 30 was ...
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News briefsA new ATP-WTA event with mixed teams from 2023
The ATP and WTA have announced that the United Cup, a new mixed teams event, will launch the 2023 tennis season in Australia. The event, presented in partnership with Tennis Australia, will showcase teams from 18 countries, with the best men’s and women’s players competing together. The matches will take ...
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News briefsWilson to begin selling pádel courts
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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News briefsRecord sales for Pádel Nuestro
Pádel Nuestro not only expects to close out the current year with record sales of about €55 million, up by 10 percent from last year but also projects a further rise to €80 to €85 million for 2023 – this according to CMDsport, which cites statements to ABC by the ...
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News briefsWorld Padel Tour sweetens the pot to retain players
In light of the founding of a second league, Premier Padel, the nine-year-old World Padel Tour (WPT) has set forth a new modus operandi for the next half-decade. Chief among the changes is the elimination of the exclusivity clause from its player contracts. Until now, WPT players have had to ...
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News briefsNew sports added to 2026 Commonwealth Games
Golf, BMX and coastal rowing have been added to the schedule of Victoria 2026 and thus will be part of the Commonwealth Games for the first time in the event’s history. In addition, shooting and 3×3 basketball will make a comeback to the Games the same year. Wrestling, on the ...
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News briefsAcquisition of Padel Panorama canceled
Every Padel i Sverige, a subsidiary of Everysport Group, has canceled an agreement signed in June to acquire 100 percent of the shares of another Swedish company, Padel Panorama, for SEK 0.6 million (€55,000). According to a statement from the parent company, the reason is “discrepancies in the warranty provided ...
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News briefsGlobal squash equipment market to post 2.14% CAGR to 2026
The global squash equipment market is projected to grow by $75.2 billion from 2021 to 2026, marking a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.14 percent during the 2022-26 forecast period, according to a recent report by research and advisory firm Technavio. Growth is being driven primarily by the introduction ...
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News briefsTennis-Point hires Stefan Salzer as managing director
The German tennis and running equipment retailer Tennis-Point has hired Stefan Salzer as its new managing director. He will be working alongside company founder Christian Miele to lead the European growth of the company in existing markets and new business lines, focusing on strengthening stability and scalability in the company’s ...
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News briefsInaugural Padel Expo Sweden with 3,300 visitors
The inaugural edition of Padel Expo Sweden, held on Sep. 16-18 in Stockholm, drew 3,300 visitors (exhibitors excluded), Anton Erlandsson has told CMDsport. This is less than expected for Erlandsson, who heads up Event, organizer of this event and of Padel Expo Roma, scheduled for Jan. 20-22. The target was ...
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News briefsRoyal Padel thriving despite standstill in the market
The chief executive of Royal Padel, Rafael Tarradas, has made twin declarations to CMDsport: for one thing, the European pádel market has ground to a halt; for another, sales for his own brand have taken off since September, thanks to customers from outside Spain. Barcelona-based Royal Padel enjoyed a 25 ...
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ArticleNorth America gets its first pro pádel league
A professional league, called Pro Padel League (PPL), has emerged in North America as the world’s fastest-growing or most ambitious racquet sport. The league is set to begin broadcasting matches to some 75 million households with the start of its inaugural season in March 2023. PPL was founded in 2021 ...
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News briefsPadel Expo Sweden to make its debut
Some 153 brands will be attending the inaugural edition of Padel Expo Sweden this Sep. 16-18 in Stockholm, according to the Clúster Internacional del Pádel (CIP). Of these 33 will be Spanish and 31 associated with the CIP, which will have a stand of its own. Unlikely to be present, ...
