Nadal's surprise new ownership venture revealed

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Now, much than ever, the world's champion sports stars are taking connected challenges extracurricular of their ain arena.

Recently, Nick Kyrgios and Naomi Osaka raised eyebrows erstwhile they acceptable up their ain pickleball squad successful Miami.

NBA fable and hallway of fame basketballer Michael Jordan started his ain NASCAR squad dubbed 23XI.

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Last year, Lewis Hamilton bought a involvement successful the Super Bowl-winning Denver Broncos outfit successful the NFL.

Now, 22-time expansive slam victor Rafael Nadal is dipping his toes successful the h2o of squad ownership.

The 'King of Clay' has joined the all-new, all-electric offshore powerboat racing bid dubbed E1.

Founded by Formula E and Extreme E brag Alejandro Agag, the caller racing bid has akin biology sustainability underpinnings.

The bid hasn't confirmed precisely wherever it volition contention but has indicated 'leading cities' volition beryllium the backdrop of the action.

Nadal isn't the lone high-profile sports prima with a squad successful the championship.

Formula 1 operator Sergio Perez, the teammate to two-time champion Max Verstappen, has invested successful E1 with Team Mexico.

"I'm truly excited to beryllium getting progressive with a task similar E1 that values sustainability and volition marque a affirmative interaction connected nine arsenic a whole, particularly successful coastal communities," said Nadal.

"I besides similar the information that E1 has a wide ngo and is committed to preserving marine ecosystems.

"As a nonrecreational athlete, I recognise however making marginal gains has a affirmative interaction connected performance.

"To spot this aforesaid competitory tone and attack being applied astatine E1 to optimise the show and ratio of sustainable marine mobility is bully quality for our oceans."

E1 has established a programme to reconstruct marine ecosystems, peculiarly on metropolis waterfronts with enactment from Mallorquin-based prof Carlos Duarte.

Up to 10 teams volition vie successful the bid which features hydrofoil boats dubbed 'race birds' susceptible of reaching speeds adjacent 100 km/h acknowledgment to a 150 kW motor.

The two-day events volition spot a knockout-style contention starting with head-to-head clip trials, followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a four-team final.

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