RTA Tour
Split Delivered. Now the RTA Faces Its Hardest Question
Domenika Turković won twice and Bálint Bakó took singles gold at RTA2000 Split, as PPA Tour Europe raises…
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Europe
English Open 2026: The NEC Changed Everything
Six days and 60 courts at Birmingham’s NEC showed how far the English Open has come. Now Pickleball…
Podcast
English Open 2026 Preview: Favourites, Draws and Predictions
The 2026 English Open runs 11–16 August across 60 courts at Birmingham’s NEC. Contenders, draws and why the…
Coaching
Inside the English OPEN: How a Global Event Is Actually Built
From the outside, the English OPEN is scale and spectacle. From the inside, it’s a logistical operation built…
Analysis
He Beat Europe’s Best. Then Learned Why He Wasn’t There Yet
There’s a moment most players recognise. Not when things are comfortable. Not when you’re winning easily. The other…
PPA Tour
Why the PPA Chose Italy — And What It Means for European Pickleball
By Andrea Visibelli, Italy correspondent and pickleballspot.eu The most important development in European pickleball this month wasn’t a…
Culture
Vietnam’s D-Joy Surge Shows Asia’s Pickleball Power Shift
Vietnamese players dominate the opening leg of the 2026 D-Joy Tour. Why Vietnam is becoming Asia’s pickleball powerhouse,…
News
Gamma Bankruptcy, Greater Zion Cup and Vietnam’s D-Joy Tour
Gamma Sports filed for Chapter 11, the PPA Tour headed to altitude at the Greater Zion Cup and…
News
D-Joy Tour Vietnam: Local Men Seize Singles Final
Phuc Huynh and Nguyễn Đắc Tiến set up an all-Vietnamese men’s singles final at the D-Joy Tour opener,…
MLP
Hanoi, MLP, Malaysia, Bermuda, Rome and Manaus
Americans head to the Hanoi Cup, MLP tiers after the draft, the JOOLA Titans Tour in Malaysia, Bermuda,…