Mike Dale

The LTA is working with Manchester City Council on a blueprint for streamlining relationships between local authorities and padel operators.

Two-time heavyweight boxing world champion Anthony Joshua has joined the legion of celebrity team owners for the second edition of padel's Hexagon Cup later this month.

Aimee Gibson has achieved the most significant breakthrough yet for a British padel player - securing a place in the top 100 of the FIP world rankings.

The Padel Club is set to extend its empire into Birmingham after submitting plans for a 10-court facility at the Peddimore industrial park in Royal Sutton Coldfield.

The Inclusive Padel Tour is heading to the UK in 2025 and it's hoped the event will encourage more disabled British people to take up padel.

A recent spate of complaints from Middle Englanders about noise pollution from padel courts has been leapt upon by the British media.

British no.1 Aimee Gibson started the New Year as she finished the old one - with another tournament victory alongside Catherine Rose in the FIP Silver Australian Padel Open in Sydney.

Club de Padel, whose inner-city venue in Manchester has gone down a storm in 2024, is set to open the first dedicated indoor padel club in Sheffield in 2025.

New seafront padel courts at Hove Beach Park have officially opened and the lucky denizens of Brighton are invited for an open day on 11 January.

It's not outrageous to call padel the biggest game-changer in sports participation history - and 2024 has been its most momentous year yet.