Pickleball, pickleball, pickleball.

That's the sports buzzword across the USA at the moment, as the low-impact, low-mobility, low-action game takes over tennis courts from coast to coast. Pickleball may be fun to play, but just how entertaining is the sport to watch? After all, it's played on a court that is four-times smaller than one for tennis. Not a lot of high-octane action going on there. Just stretching. In slow motion.

There is an alternative. Padel is a sport so dynamic, so out-there that the court is actually too small for the athletes. The players regularly run in and out of the doors to return the shots. That's because a padel court is a fully-enclosed, four-wall Thunderdome. It has the sparkling energy of doubles tennis mixed with the relentless pressure of squash. After a world-class game of padel, the players have been through the ringer, not had a nice chit-chat with friends on a Sunday morning. 

That's why beIN SPORTS is the proud home of the newest, most thrilling sport on the planet with its year-long coverage of 2024 Premier Padel. Over twenty events spanning the globe, featuring the best of the best are live on the network starting in Riyadh on Monday 26th February. And it's all FOR FREE on beIN SPORTS XTRA. 

Don't be a pickle-bore, get in the padel for saddle, your new favorite sport.

Catch Day One of Premier Padel: Riyadh on beIN SPORTS XTRA from 7AM ET / 4AM PT