KUWAIT CITY, Feb 28: Kuwait contributed to laying the foundation stone for the first Arab Sports Federation for Padel. A recommendation was put forward for Abdullah Al-Roudhan to be the Vice-President of the federation, during the constituent assembly work that took place recently in Cairo in the presence of representatives of six countries - Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Bahrain and Egypt - and a representative of the Sudanese Padel Federation, reports Al-Nahar daily.

The constituent assembly of the Arab Federation for Padel elected Ahmed Ghattouri (Egyptian) as the President, and chose Egypt for the federation's headquarters, in the presence of Major General Ahmed Nasser, Acting President of the Arab Padel Federations as a supervisor of these elections.

The membership of the Board of Directors was given to President of the Bahraini Padel Federation Fahad Kanoo, President of the Saudi Federation Khalid bin Suleiman Al-Saeed, and Secretary of the UAE Federation Saeed Muhammad Al-Marri .

It was decided to grant President of the UAE Padel Federation Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum the honorary presidency of the federation, given that the UAE was the first country to practice padel in the Arab world since 2014, and in appreciation of his efforts to spread the game in a large number of Arab countries.