«Olympic» announces the formation of the Interim Committee in charge of the affairs of basketball .. Shaqam: We are prompt to work very hard

Basketball Jordan poised to enter a new phase after the state of administrative vacuum, which the game has suffered from for about seven months, where the Olympic Committee announced yesterday the formation of the Interim Committee in charge of the administration of basketball under the charge of Said Shuqom former Minister of Youth, which has extensive experience in the field of game in the administrative and technical issues.

According to a press release issued by the Olympics, the continuity of the Committee had set a period of three months may be extended, where the panel consists of six members are
Saed Karajeh, Marwan Marji, Tala mawji, Raed Balbisi, Yara malabas,And Tarek Kamal.

The statement included reference to the Committee's invitation to convene in the next few days for the distribution of positions

The functions of the Committee which include three former players concentrated mainly in the preparation of the federation election and supervise the preparation of the national team to participate in the World Cup, which opens in Turkey in late August next, in addition to overseeing the Premier League season, was is set to begin next week

It is expected that Shuqom will be at the headquarters of the Basketball Association today in an official capacity, after he had visited the federation several times during the past few weeks

Shaqam who was speaking to «Alrai» expressed his appreciation and pride in the confidence of the Olympic Committee which is chaired by His Highness Prince Faisal Bin Al Hussein

He said «task ahead of us is great, and we will work very hard with all our energies, we will spare no effort to serve the Jordanian basketball, explaining that the Committee would meet soon to discuss and develop a plan of action».

Shaqam followed up on the issue of reverse Zain from participating in the West Asia Championship established in Iran, in a telephone interview with Zain club president d. Nasouh Kadiri

Meeting with Palma

Shuqom, who is also a former president of Ahli club, pointed out that there will be a meeting with Portuguese Mario Palma to discuss the National Team preparation for the historic event

Sustaining Achievement

The meeting was hosted by Shaqam on 26 August last produced the recommendations called for the need to hold a general conference for basketball, the participation of experts and specialists and stakeholders to discuss the future trends in the framework of the current reality at all levels
Shuqom said in an interview with the «Alrai» at that time, that the meeting also recommended

The need to utilize from the accomplish to qualify for the World Cup and perpetuating the expansion of the game and increasing its reach and its achievements, reflecting some of the trends that can be adopted by the Interim Committee in the next phase