22 | SPORT | TUESDAY 13 OCTOBER 2026 CITYAM.COM SPORT SIGN UP TO CITY AM’S NEW SPORTS NEWSLETTER ROCKET PADEL RAISES £7M AS IT EYES NEXT LONDON PUSH EXCLUSIVE FRANK DALLERES ROCKET Padel has raised €8m (£6.8m) as the international club operator pushes ahead with plans to open two major new sites in West London and East Croydon. The funding round values the business, which runs five clubs in Denmark, four in the UK and is building its first in Spain, at an undisclosed eight-figure sum, it said.