European Games 2023

  Source: European Olympic Committees   Padel’s first medallists at a major Games were crowned this weekend in the heart of the historic main square in Kraków city centre.   The padel finals have been a much-anticipated highlight of the[…]

In the end they won, the ‘Superpibes’ David Gala and Daniel Santigosa, very young and equally launched towards the elite of world padel, if what was seen here in Cracow will be respected and is, as it seems, the incipit[…]

In Krakow’s extraordinary Market Square, a triumph of art, sculpture and architecture, from tonight there is one more small, great masterpiece. It was signed by Carolina Orsi, protagonist of a sensational match, and Giorgia Marchetti, solid and tactically impeccable in[…]

Spain won the first gold medal in padel at the European Games. In the ‘Mixed’ the very young Noa Canovas, 18, and Daniel Santigosa (19) defeated the Italians Marco Cassetta and Giulia Sussarello in two sets (6/3, 7/5).   In[…]

The bronze medal in the men’s doubles at the European Games in Krakow goes to Portugal’s Afonso Fazendeiro and Miguel Oliveira. At the end of a tight final that lasted two hours and 31 minutes, Fazendeiro and Oliveira defeated 6-7[…]

Almost three hours of battle to win Italian Padel’s first medal at the EG2023 in Krakow in three sets (7/5, 3/6, 7/5) against Spain. Chiara Pappacena and Giulia Sussarello – soon to be back on court with Marco Cassetta in[…]

Spyros Capralos, president of the European Olympic Committees (EOC), picks up his racket and hits a few shots in the ‘Padel Stadium’ built in Krakow’s iconic Market Square. And he has a lot of fun. Because that’s what padel is[…]

Spain’s Araceli Maria Martinez and 17-year-old baby phenom David Gala made history by winning the first medal awarded to padel at an edition of the European Games in Krakow. In front of a large crowd in the crazy setting of[…]

Luca Bettaglio, in the role of head coach of the Albanian national team, is working intensively on the development of padel in the country. Very Italian but for ten years an executive of a multinational company present in Albania, he[…]

Recruitment, training, technical basics for the players. In these few words lies the secret of Spanish padel, a winning model worldwide. Explaining this during the ongoing European Games in Krakow, is Juanjo Gutierrez, head coach of the Spanish team.  A[…]