F1 is heading back to Sepang this October for the first time since 2017, with Malaysia stepping in to host the 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix after geopolitical instability forced the original race to be relocated. It's an unexpected but welcome return for one of the sport's most beloved old-school circuits, with the 5.543km track set to slot between Azerbaijan and Singapore in October. Time to make a trip of it.
Rafa Nadal is bringing his tennis academy to Lombok, the first in Southeast Asia, laying down four courts (plus four for the padel crowd) at Samara, a 150-hectare mega-resort that also somehow crams in 12 restaurants, a football school, and 500 villas. It doesn't open until 2028 but Nadal's people call Lombok's potential "enormous" and I can see why. If Bali is getting a bit too crowded for you, Lombok is quickly becoming Indonesia’s next big thing.
11:07AMBen Esden
Padel has finally reached Australia's biggest stage with a two-day tournament set to be played at the Sydney Opera House across 15–16 August. The Padel Invitational presented by UBS is the first time professional padel has been played in Australia at this scale, and against this backdrop, with a custom-built court rising out of the Northern Broadwalk.It’s a remarkable achievement for an ever-growing sport that, as of 2023, once had just five clubs across the country. Today there are 33, ten of them in Sydney alone, and the country's fastest-growing racquet sport is showing no signs of slowing down.
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