All Racquet Sports articles – Page 6
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News briefsSiux expanding abroad fast
Between last year and this first quarter of 2024, the pádel brand Siux has entered 35 countries – 18 of them in Africa and ten in Asia. So explains Alfonso Torrón, Brand Manager, who has spoken with Palco23. The list includes Siux’s first locations in Oceania. The brand entered Japan ...
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News briefsRayox foresees a Spanish pickleball boom
Two years ago, three Spaniards – Samuel Rodríguez, Daniel Rodríguez and Jordi Francés – founded a racquet factory in the US – in Waterbury, Connecticut, to be exact. They called it Rayox Sport. “Samuel told us from the US that pickleball was sweeping the market, and we decided to take ...
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ArticleIs Topgolf Callaway on the market? South Korean sources says so
Speculation is swirling after a South Korean newspaper suggested that golf behemoth Topgolf Callaway might be up for grabs.
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News briefs360 Padel Group hires CEO
360 Padel Group has hired Sascha Beyer as its CEO, as we have learned from CMDsport and confirmed on the blog of one of the group’s divisions, Padel Nuestro. Beyer served as Tennis-Point’s Managing Director from 2016 to 2023 and its CEO for North America from 2021 to 2023, leading ...
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ArticleOn opens first store in Germany
As part of its global retail expansion, the Swiss brand On opened its first German community store in Berlin on March 15, where customers will have access to a full range of On products. To date, the brand operates 32 stores worldwide and plans to open 15 to 20 new ...
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ArticleTennis-Point Spain seeks new CEO
Tennis-Point Spain and its CEO, Miquel Just, agreed on Feb. 29 to sever the contract they signed exactly four years earlier, according to CMDsport. It was Just who urged Tennis-Point’s entry into Spain, with a first store in Mataró. Five more stores followed, in Barcelona, Valencia, Madrid, Alcorcón and Alfafar ...
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News briefsSpanish pádel brand to give factory tours
StarVie is opening its factory to public tours, according to TradeSport. The factory is located in Azuqueca de Henares, Spain, and purported to be the largest of its kind in Europe. Visitors will be able to see the full production line, from design to finished product, and then test racquets ...
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News briefsFamous non-golfers among PGA Tour Enterprises’ investors
As we have been reporting, the PGA Tour struck a deal with the consortium known as Strategic Sports Group (SSG) to found PGA Tour Enterprises in January and disclosed the member of the venture’s board of directors earlier this month. The PGA Tour has now confirmed a piece in the ...
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News briefsPGA Tour Enterprises unveils board of directors, with Tiger Woods as Vice President
PGA Tour Enterprises, the recently established commercial venture under PGA Tour’s control, has unveiled the names in its 13-member board of directors, effective immediately. The new board comprises six current PGA Tour players-directors – Patrick Cantlay, Peter Malnati, Adam Scott, Webb Simpson, Jordan Spieth and Tiger Woods – as well ...
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News briefsBen Sherman launches inaugural golf apparel range
Source: Ben Sherman British heritage menswear brand Ben Sherman is entering the golf apparel market with its first golf-focused collection. The company has also announced the signing of American pro golfer and PGA Tour player Denny McCarthy as its first tour ambassador. The new golf apparel ...
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News briefsOn launches tennis apparel and shoe line with Roger Federer
On, the high-performance sportswear brand unveils two significant additions to its product lineup: a tennis apparel line and “The Roger Clubhouse Pro footwear,” a collaboration with former pro tennis player Roger Federer, who has been a stakeholder in the Swiss company since 2019. The brand officially celebrated its entry into ...
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News briefsThe pickleball league merger is complete
The Carvana PPA Tour and MLP (Major League Pickleball) by Margaritaville have completed their merger into a “unified and definitive professional pickleball holding company,” with the help of $75 million from private-equity firm SC Holdings, D.C. Pickleball Team owner Al Tylis, PPA Tour owners Tom Dundon and the Pardoe family, ...
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News briefsNew pádel show in Portugal
Portugal will be getting its first international trade show for pádel this year. Expo Padel World is scheduled for June 29–30 at the MEO Arena in Lisbon. It will cover both B2B and B2C in the product, equipment, games, infrastructure and service sectors. It is otherwise built on three pillars: ...
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ArticleAcushnet pleased with golf’s resilience across the EMEA
Acushnet Holdings, the Titleist, FootJoy and Kjus parent, is impressed with golf’s resilience across the region, particularly in the UK, despite experiencing a 1.4 percent constant-currency decline in FY23 EMEA sales to $314.7 million when up against 20 percent growth in FY22. In Q4, the group’s EMEA sales dropped by ...
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ArticleJ.Lindeberg steps into golf shoe market
Golf, a sport steeped in tradition with roots tracing back to the 1800’s, has always upheld strict standards, particularly when it comes to attire. However, a significant shift in golf fashion occurred around the year 2000, leaving an enduring impact on the sport’s sartorial landscape. Leading the charge was the ...
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News briefsATP agrees new partnership with Saudi Arabian PIF
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), the global governing body of men’s professional tennis, and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) have agreed a new multi-year strategic partnership with a focus on enhancing global tennis. Upon the terms of the agreement, PIF will become the official naming partner of the ...
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News briefsAgassi joins another pickleball board
Life Time, a publicly traded holding company for athletic and country clubs and related services, has made Andre Agassi the first Chairman of its new Pickleball and Tennis Board. Company Chairman and CEO Bahram Akradi will serve on the board alongside Agassi as Co-Chairman. Source: Life Time ...
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ArticleA bright future for pickleball in Spain?
The head of pickleball for the Catalunya Tennis Club’s Meeting Cup, Lluis Riba, wore a prognosticator’s cap for his recent chat with CMDsport, saying that 2027 will be the year of pickleball in Spain. Like pádel before it, he said, pickleball is in a position to save struggling tennis clubs, ...
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News briefsDecathlon partners with the Madrid Padel Federation
Decathlon has announced a partnership with the Madrid Padel Federation (FMP) to promote the sport. The new agreement offers those who have never been registered the possibility to enroll free of charge in the federation, at the national level, for 2024. The two entities will also jointly organize a series ...
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News briefsEngland Golf signs IWG’s “Brighton plus Helsinki Declaration”
England Golf, the governing body for amateur golf in England, has announced that it has signed the International Working Group (IWG) on Women and Sport’s “Brighton plus Helsinki Declaration.” It is the first golfing body in the U.K. to do so, claims England Golf. The Declaration was signed by England ...
