Padel’s Olympic ambition
Padel is the fastest growing racket sport in the world, and is pushing to make its Olympic debut.

Padel is the fastest growing racket sport in the world, and is pushing to make its Olympic debut.







The top seeds defend their Asian Games squash titles, becoming the first players to qualify for the Los Angeles Games.
Since the last time the Summer Games were on German soil in 1972, Germany has launched seven unsuccessful bids to host.
Asian Games organisers in Japan accidently play North Korea’s anthem ahead of South’s hockey match with Bangladesh.
Chinese robot seven-tenths of a second faster than the 9.58-second men’s world record set by Usain Bolt in 100m.
World Athletics’ president says political influence in sport must be kept in check with LA Olympics on horizon.
Russian Athletics has lodged new claim at Court of Arbitration for Sport to challenge sanctions, but WA will fight it.
Olympic swimming champion Chad le Clos says his home was destroyed in a fire while he was at the Commonwealth Games.
South Africa took bronze in the men’s 4×100 medley relay swimming event for Chad le Clos’s record 21st Games medal.
Gabriel Langton suffers concussion after headfirst crash off horizontal bar in the final rotation of the competition.
A record 19th medal took South Africa’s Chad le Clos past shooters Phil Adams of Australia and Mick Gault of England.