Padel – which was officially recognised as a sport in 1993 – is one of the fastest growing sports in Britain, and participation more than trebled in 2024, according to the Lawn Tennis Association.

As a lifelong tennis player, I’ve managed to dodge the pickleball craze. The courts are crowded, the plastic-ball thunk isn’t exactly music to my ears, and the gameplay feels a little…flat. But when I ...

The sport is played with a racket on a court with a net, but watch out for those bouncing shots from the back wall. Reporters take a look at the padel scene in New York City. Credit...Videos by ...

That’s the surprising sound that comes off my perforated paddle as I hit a ball with it for the first time. I’m expecting a lighter noise, something like the click you get in ping-pong, or the echoey ...

Private clubs and public facilities are striving to be more things to more people as they try to defuse the tension between tennis and fast-growing racket sports like pickleball. Padel, pickleball and ...

HUMANS HAVE long enjoyed hitting things back and forth. A predecessor to badminton was supposedly played in Asia more than two millennia ago. In the 12th century members of the French royal family ...

Count Carlos Alcaraz a big fan. With 16 courts, camps and tournaments, the sport is an integral part of Rafael Nadal’s academy in Mallorca. And no, we’re not talking about tennis. Madrid may have been ...

The 2024 US Open Tennis Championship is upon us. While the professionals are battling it out in Flushing Meadows, Hamptonites will be practicing their moves at a series of new exclusive racquet clubs.

Professional ballerina, psychology student and mental health advocate Isabella "Bella" Iannuzzi, Miss Greenville is preparing to compete for the Miss SC crown in Columbia June 16-20. Jeremy Krauze and ...