All Racquet Sports articles – Page 4
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News briefsDecathlon opens its first pro shop for padel
Decathlon has opened its first pro shop for padel in Majadahonda, on the outskirts of Madrid.
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ArticleHead is the number one tennis racquet choice in Europe
Data shows that in seven out of eight key European countries, Head racquets are the first choice of players H1 2024.
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News briefsCatalonia’s tennis federation to offer pickleball-only licenses
The sport has for the past few months been paired with tennis.
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ArticleAll For Padel keen on the US
The Adidas license holder for padel will be launching a pickleball collection.
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News briefsAgassi to kick off Indian pickleball league
The trendy raquet game is growing in India and one of the key persons in this is a tennis icon.
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News briefsViento Padel raises €180 million through crowdfunding
The Italian start-up capitalizes on the booming padel trend.
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ArticleAmer Sports raises forecast, Ball & Racquet Sports sees moderate growth
Arc’teryx drives Amer’s Q2 success, boosting stock by over 10 percent and leading to an upgraded full-year forecast with strong growth in Technical Apparel.
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ArticleYonex Q1 operating profit swings 20 percent higher
The Japanese sporting goods company’s group sales rose 11 percent to ¥31,067 million from ¥27,992 million.
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C-Suite InterviewHead: Fashion is playing an increasingly important role in tennis and skiing
An interview with Roman Stepek, the chief of Head’s apparel business.
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ArticleWorld stages for pickleball
Pickleball League Asia, backed by The Times Group, has launched international rankings, tours and championships for pickleball. Led by Ashish and Aditya Khanna from Delhi, it aims to unify the sport globally, with significant involvement from US entities like USA Pickleball and the APP Tour.
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ArticleTenniscore: How tennis grows by conquering the fashion world
Zendaya is starring in a tennis movie, Louis Vuitton is featuring tennis stars Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in a campaign, Highsnobiety is releasing a limited tennis capsule with Lacoste, and brands like On are getting into the game. Tennis is making a brilliant comeback!
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News briefsInvictus Games return to the UK
The host city of the Invictus Games 2027, an international multi-sport event created in 2014 by Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, will be Birmingham.
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ArticlePlaytomic’s 2023 in review for pádel
Playtomic and Strategy&, a division of the PwC accountancy and consultancy, have released the 2024 edition of the Global Padel Report – a 50-page presentation filled with charts and other visuals.
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News briefsMejorSet enters Germany, Denmark
MejorSet, the designer, manufacturer and installer of pádel courts, has struck a distribution deal with Best World Padel to expand into Germany and Denmark.
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News briefsATP introduces fitness-tracking for players
Players on the ATP Tour and ATP Challenger Tour have, since July 15, enjoyed the ATP’s permission to wear certain wearables in competition. This apparent redundancy refers, of course, to fitness trackers, specifically the devices made by StatSports and Catapult. The data that these wearables generate – heart rate and ...
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News briefsHead unveils tennis racquet made from biocircular carbon fibers
Source: Head Head Torayca tennis racquet Kennelbach-based company Head announced that it is working with Toray to develop tennis and pickleball racquets containing Toray’s 100-percent biocircular carbon fibers in accordance with the mass balance approach. Toray’s biocircular carbon fibers are made from waste and residues of biological ...
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News briefsCastore launches petition to rename street in Wimbledon after Andy Murray
British sportswear brand Castore has proposed that the road currently known as Church Road in Wimbledon be retitled Murray Mile after Scottish tennis star Sir Andy Murray. The road is 2 km in length from Wimbledon Rail Station. “In a passionate display of support for Castore ambassador and investor Andy ...
