All Racquet Sports articles – Page 25
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Yonex grows more in tennis than in badminton
Yonex' sales rose by 1.9 percent to 62.2 billion yen (€477.7m-$565.2m) for the financial year ended March 31. Sporting goods sales increased by just over one percent in Japan and China. The company's comprehensive net income fell by 17 percent to ¥2.26 million (€17.4m-$20.4m). Excluding the foreign exchange effect and ...
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Padel Nuestro, a major Spanish retailer of padel tennis products,...
Padel Nuestro, a major Spanish retailer of padel tennis products, is entering the Portuguese market with the opening of three stores in Guimaraes, Porto and Lisbon. Actually, it already opened a store on the Portuguese island of Madeira in 2016. The chain already has 40 stores in operations, most of ...
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The new European Cup of Padel Clubs, or Euro Padel...
The new European Cup of Padel Clubs, or Euro Padel Cup, will make its debut on Nov. 9-11 in Paris, at Casa Padel. The tournament is organized by AECP, the European Association of Padel Clubs, based in Toulouse, France. The new event is to promote the sport across the continent ...
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Head will be the official supplier of Spain's Royal Tennis...
Head will be the official supplier of Spain's Royal Tennis Federation for the next three years
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Wilson has appointed a professional women's squash player, Nicol David,...
Wilson has appointed a professional women's squash player, Nicol David, to its advisory staff
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Nike signs up Kyle Edmund, a British tennis player ranked...
Nike signs up Kyle Edmund, a British tennis player ranked in 50th place, with a four-year contract reported to be worth £2 million a year
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Table tennis, ice hockey and other smaller sports will be...
Table tennis, ice hockey and other smaller sports will be a focus of BaSpo, a new German balls sports exhibition for the trade and the general public due to be held for the first time in the Westfalenhallen in Dortmund in 2018. Providing a greater stage for sports that are ...
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After signing a sponsorship deal with the Italian Paddle Tennis...
After signing a sponsorship deal with the Italian Paddle Tennis Federation, Lotto Sport Italia has struck a similar deal with the much bigger Spanish Paddle Tennis Federation
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After focusing on the tennis-inspired lifestyle apparel market, Lacoste has...
After focusing on the tennis-inspired lifestyle apparel market, Lacoste has invested in tennis hardware by acquiring an 80 percent stake in Major Sports, the parent company of Tecnifibre, which is a big player in the global market for tennis strings. It also sells tennis racquets and balls, the latter through ...
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Sergio Tacchini will be the official supplier of the tennis...
Sergio Tacchini will be the official supplier of the tennis coaches of the Aspria Harbour Club in Milan for the next three years
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Dunlop will be the official supplier of tennis balls for...
Dunlop will be the official supplier of tennis balls for the WTA Mallorca Open
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Adidas will supply the official racquet for the World Padel...
Adidas will supply the official racquet for the World Padel Tour for the next two seasons through its licensee for paddle tennis products, All For Padel
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Babolat and the French Tennis Federation (FFT) have announced a...
Babolat and the French Tennis Federation (FFT) have announced a partnership contract that makes the sports brand an official partner of FFT for padel, the racquet sport known in the U.S. and Canada as paddle. The four-year contract covers the period from 2017 to 2020.
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Nike is sponsoring Li Na, the Chinese tennis star, and...
Nike is sponsoring Li Na, the Chinese tennis star, and will put out an exclusive collection under her name for the Chinese market
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Head has launched the Head Tennis Racquet Finder, a web...
Head has launched the Head Tennis Racquet Finder, a web tool that allows tennis enthusiasts to find the racquet, among those proposed by the brand, that best suits their specific needs. The tool relies on an algorithm, developed by Head, which uses the brand's database of performance racquets to calculate ...
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Joma has signed up another Spanish tennis player, Albert Ramos,...
Joma has signed up another Spanish tennis player, Albert Ramos, as well as Thiago Monteiro, 22, who is described as a promising Brazilian tennis player. The Spanish company already sponsors five other tennis players: Alex Dolgopolov, Pablo Carreño, Nicolás Almagro, Marcel Granollers and Iñigo Cervantes.
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Fila has signed up a 27-year-old tennis player, Marin Cilic,...
Fila has signed up a 27-year-old tennis player, Marin Cilic, who is currently ranked 9th on the ATP World Tour
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Babolat has extended its partnership with the Roland-Garros tennis tournament...
Babolat has extended its partnership with the Roland-Garros tennis tournament until 2019
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Australian has developed a new tennis collection using merino wool....
Australian has developed a new tennis collection using merino wool. Paolo Lorenzi, its sponsored player, was the first athlete to wear the new apparel at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia tournament, which began in Rome on May 2. Australian is an official sponsor of the tournament. The Milan-based sportswear brand has ...
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The Badminton World Federation (BWF) and the World Federation of...
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) and the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) are organizing the first Badminton Sporting Goods Brands Meeting on May 18 at the Jinling Grand Hotel in Kunshan, in Jiangsu province, China. It has been arranged to coincide with the Thomas Cup for men ...
