Scampering up one of the 200 foot masts of the sailing brig Stavros S Niarchos, second officer Ben Wheatley made it look easy…

TM catches up with Damien Vergez of FastFokus.com and his team of mountain bikers being filmed on Tenerife…

Delhi, Shanghai, and…Costa Adeje, all stepping stones on the way to Olympic glory at London 2012 for the Great Britain swimming team. Come July some 20,000 fans will pack the London Aquatics Centre at Stratford hoping to witness a medal haul but for now nine hopefuls are sharpening up at Tenerife Top Training high above La Caleta.

And the heat goes on, but so does tennis on the island. The Circuito del Sur has now reached the Masters phase, and anyone interested in watching, the event now moves onto the tennis courts of the Abama Hotel from the 26th until 29th August.

Catching the wind is difficult and riding the surf isn’t exactly easy, put them together and it’s enough to test body and mind to the limit. El Medano has long been a hot bed of this growing extreme sport but when the PKRA Master Cup and Spanish Championship arrived…

In my last article I talked about the dangers of sun exposure whilst playing tennis in Tenerife’s climate. This week, I want to talk about avoiding dehydration.

The 2nd Circuito De Verano Tenerife Sur, is a circuit for tennis players taking place in the south of Tenerife…There are 4 tournaments covering age groups from Under 10 up to adults.

Rafa Nadal’s Uncle Tony, was recently on the Island, giving a tennis clinic at the C.T.Nautico Club in Santa Cruz, and the news for the Island is that he “was very impressed with the standard of the juniors here” so great for the future of Tenerife.

Tenerife has one of the best, year round climates in Europe for tennis players coming here on holiday and for those who live here.

Closing my eyes I could have been at Lords, the gentle chime of a church bell, good natured clapping, and the whack of bat on ball. But with eyes wide open it was a very different scene, a small football ground with artificial turf high up in Fañabe village with hazy clouds pressing down on [...]