You've finally joined the bandwagon, and another cool wagon rolls into town.
You've mastered your third shot drop on the pickleball court, when along comes padel, another racket sport that's suddenly all the rage.
Borrowing elements of tennis and squash, padel is poised to be the Next Big Thing, and entrepreneurs are betting big on the game, per The Wall Street Journal.
The proof is in the padel
Invented in Acapulco, Mexico, in 1969, padel became massively popular in Spain and Argentina thanks to a prince.

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Minnesota United's inclusion in Leagues Cup includes two more matches over the next week, but the Loons were all but eliminated after its first match Tuesday.
At least seven points were necessary for MLS teams to advance in the 2025 edition of the tournament with Mexico's Liga MX, and Minnesota can only reach six after a 2-1 loss to FC Juarez at Allianz Field.
Juarez looked like the tonic Minnesota needed amid a seven-game winless lull in MLS play. Juarez had suffered three straight losses to begin its Liga MX season and fired its head coach Pedro Caixinha on Sunday.
Interim Juarez coach Salvador Valero's side took advantage of Minnesota's poor defending in the first half to take a 2-1 lead.
Minnesota didn't close down on left wing Jose Luis Rodriguez in the attacking third in the 22nd minute. All that time and ****** e allowed him to send in a bouncing cross bounced in the box and as Guilherme Castilho got behind Devin Padelford for a header goal.

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Dejan Joveljić scored in the first half, and Manu García found the net in the second to help Sporting Kansas City hold off Minnesota United 2-1 on Wednesday night.
Joveljić used ******* ists from rookies Capita Capemba and Lasse Berg Johnsen to score his team-leading seventh goal of the season and give Sporting KC (4-10-2) a 1-0 lead in the 28th minute that stood through halftime.
Capemba's ******* ist was his first in his 10th career appearance and Berg Johnsen collected his fourth in 13 matches.
Defender Jake Davis and Calvin Harris set up García's second goal of the campaign to give Sporting KC a 2-0 lead in the 54th minute. It was the third ******* ist for Davis and a career-high fifth for Harris.
Minnesota United (6-6-4) cut it to 2-1 in the 75th minute when defender Devin Padelford took a pass from Joaquín Pereyra and scored with a header for his first goal this season and his second in 59 career appearances. Pereyra's helper was his sixth.

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Minnesota United’s struggling offense became even more glaring in its first game back from the FIFA World Cup break on Wednesday.
Against Sporting Kansas City — which allowed a Western Conference-worst 39 goals in 15 matches — MNUFC managed only a late goal in a 2-1 loss at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan.
Last-place Sporting still allowed the Loons chances late, but Minnesota couldn’t capitalize. United, which focused on creating more scoring opportunities during the run-up to the restart of the season, now has only 18 goals in 16 matches.
MNUFC (6-5-4, 22 points) is now winless in five consecutive matches, with first-place Vancouver coming to Allianz Field on Saturday night.
Trailing 2-0, Joaquin Pereyra chipped a short free kick to the front post and Devin Padelford headed it home in the 74th minute.

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has introduced padel as a compulsory part of training at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Lahore.

Players attending long training camps will now have to play the racket sport for 40 minutes every alternate day as part of their fitness routine. The move is aimed at improving agility, reflexes, stamina and fielding skills.

The decision was made by senior selector and director of high performance Aqib Javed, who believes padel can help players become fitter while making training more enjoyable.

"Many of our players are already playing padel sports regularly but had to travel long distances to the limited courts in their home towns. We have now built a padel court facility at the NCA for the players," Aqib said, as quoted by news agency PTI.

He explained that padel, a sport combining elements of tennis and squash, is physically demanding despite being played on a smaller court. According to him, it helps improve movement, endurance and overall fitness, making it a useful addition to cricket training.

Aqib said the PCB wants the National Cricket Academy to become a place where players can develop all aspects of their game. Along with mandatory padel sessions every second day, the board is planning to add more sports and recreational facilities.

The PCB intends to build basketball courts as well as an indoor hall featuring snooker and other games. Aqib also revealed that the academy has already installed an AI-powered bowling machine as part of efforts to modernise training.

With these additions, the PCB hopes to create a better environment for cricketers to improve their fitness, sharpen their skills and prepare more effectively for international cricket.
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Plans to "future-proof" a family farm with a new indoor padel centre have been submitted.
The development at Offerton Grange Farm, near Sunderland, would include six padel courts, a cafe, mezzanine floor, seating area and parking.
Supporting documents submitted to Sunderland City Council said it was becoming "increasingly difficult" to sustain the farm through agricultural activities alone and there was a "clear need to look beyond agriculture for diversification opportunities".
Padel tennis is one of the fastest growing sports in the world, with demand outstripping the number of venues.
Applicants said the facility was a "natural and necessary progression" for the business and would help "support the continued operation of the family farm, safeguard its future, and ensure it can be passed on to future generations".