Nagoya, Japan, Sept 28, 2026 (AFP) - Messi and Alcaraz love it, now padel takes step closer to Olympics

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2026-09-28

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Carlos Alcaraz are all obsessed with it, and on Monday the fast-growing racquet sport of padel made its Asian Games debut with officials hoping a place at the Olympics is getting closer. Padel, a cross between tennis and squash on courts surrounded by glass walls, is played by an estimated 38 million people and has ambitions to become a major global sport. It took another step towards that goal at the Asian Gam......

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