Jombola

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Jombola is a racket sport combining several features of other racket sports, similar to pickleball in United States. It was independently developed by Sukdev Singh from Malaysia in 2006.

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Sukdev Singh, principal of Sri Dasmesh International School in Taman Bukit Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, conceived the game using a wooden racquet, balls made of foam, and a badminton court. The game uses a 15 points scoring system. [1] [2] The net height is 4.4 feet (1.32 metres). [1]

As the game grown in popularity in the country, Jombola International Sdn Bhd was founded in 2010 to promote and manage the development of Jombola sport. [3] [4] The sports was introduced to Selangor state education department in 2014. [5] Malaysian Ministry of Education included this sport under 1Student1Sport programme in 2017 for secondary schools. [6] First Jombola open tournament was completed in November 2017. [7]

Jombola was introduced to east Malaysian states of Sabah in 2020 [8] and Sarawak in 2022. [9]

Sukdev also planned to make Jombola as Olympics demonstration sport between 2028 and 2032. [10]

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  2. ↑ "Jombola Sport". Jombola International. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "About - Jombola". Jombola International. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
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  6. ↑ Michael, Stuart. "Jombola craze catching on". The Star(Malaysia). Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
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