Paola Pharaon Rizk, member of the FIFA Grassroots and Amateur Football Committee. (Photo provided by Paola Pharaon Rizk)
After becoming the first woman to sit on the Lebanese Football Federation's executive committee, Paola Pharaon Rizk is now also, as of end of October, a member of the Grassroots and Amateur Football Committee within the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The committee is responsible for developing global strategies for the advancement of grassroots football, which includes amateur football and youth training.A former president of Beirut's Racing Club, this latest move sees Rizk extending her influence beyond Lebanon's borders and, along with three other Lebanese appointed to different committees, offers the Lebanese federation “good representation within the world's highest football authority, which is essential,” she tells L’Orient-Le Jour.Above all, Rizk sees her appointment as “a sign of openness...
After becoming the first woman to sit on the Lebanese Football Federation's executive committee, Paola Pharaon Rizk is now also, as of end of October, a member of the Grassroots and Amateur Football Committee within the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The committee is responsible for developing global strategies for the advancement of grassroots football, which includes amateur football and youth training.A former president of Beirut's Racing Club, this latest move sees Rizk extending her influence beyond Lebanon's borders and, along with three other Lebanese appointed to different committees, offers the Lebanese federation “good representation within the world's highest football authority, which is essential,” she tells L’Orient-Le Jour.Above all, Rizk sees her appointment as “a sign...
