Illustrative file photo of courts at the Herman Padel Centre in Nsambya, Uganda, Oct. 3, 2024. It does not show a Syrian venue or the new federation committee. Photo: Samson Ssemakadde/Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0. Photo source · License
Syria's Sports and Youth Ministry appointed a founding committee for a national padel federation on Monday, state news agency SANA reported.
The decision names Fouad Issa as committee chair and federation president, with Omar al-Darbas as secretary-general.
The committee will establish the federation's administrative and organizational framework and oversee the sport's development in Syria, according to the ministry's announcement.
The federation will come under the ministry's ball-games directorate. Its founding committee is to meet to draw up internal rules.
Padel is a racket sport played on an enclosed court smaller than a tennis court. The announcement did not set a date for a national tournament.
Source: SANA
