All Racquet Sports articles – Page 30
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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.
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Head is launching a new marketing campaign for its tennis...
Head is launching a new marketing campaign for its tennis products, revolving around the No. 3 tennis player in the world that it recently signed up, Novak Djokovic. It is designed to support the launch of a new series of Speed racquets, marketed under the umbrella brand concept Youtek, that ...
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Formerly sponsored by Forza, the current world badminton champion, Tine...
Formerly sponsored by Forza, the current world badminton champion, Tine Rasmussen of Denmark, is going to endorse Babolat’s new line of badminton equipment.
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Erima, the German outfitter of team sport, running and tennis...
Erima, the German outfitter of team sport, running and tennis enthusiasts, recorded sales of more than €48 million, up by 2 percent in 2008. The former Adidas brand made roughly 52 percent of its sales in its home market, where it increased by 6 percent. The company, owned by Wolfram ...
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The Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic introduced his new signature...
The Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic introduced his new signature Falcon range of Adidas shoes in Melbourne recently. Falcon is part of the new CC Genius Footwear and Edge apparel lines. The shoes come in separate color schemes for each of the four Grand Slams and the Master Series Cup. ...
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Fila has signed a deal that has the tennis player...
Fila has signed a deal that has the tennis player Anna Chakvetadze endorsing its products. Chakvetadze, 21 and ranked 18th at the end of 2008 by the WTA, will wear Fila’s Baseline Apparel Collection and Alfa shoe at the Australian Open. In addition, the company is designing a collection of ...
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Head will be the official sponsor of the Catalan Tennis...
Head will be the official sponsor of the Catalan Tennis Federation.
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Head Has New People At Its Head; Closes U.S. Tennis Ball Factory
Head is asking its shareholders to vote at their general assembly in May for Günter Hagspiel as the new chief financial officer of the company. Hagspiel, who is currently controller of the group, has been with Head since 1996 in various positions, including the management of its U.S. operations. Hagspiel ...
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Stiga, a Swedish brand of table tennis equipment, has signed...
Stiga, a Swedish brand of table tennis equipment, has signed a multi-year deal with China’s table tennis federation to supply it with paddles, and will sponsor Feng Tianwei, an Olympic silver medalist in table tennis from Singapore.
