Jombola

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.

History
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. The net height is 4.4 feet (1.32 metres).

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. The sports was introduced to Selangor state education department in 2014. Malaysian Ministry of Education included this sport under 1Student1Sport programme in 2017 for secondary schools. First Jombola open tournament was completed in November 2017.

Jombola was introduced to east Malaysian states of Sabah in 2020 and Sarawak in 2022.

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