Accra, Aug. 9, GNA - The Confederation of African Tennis (CAT) has appointed Sam Pee Yalley, Vice President of the Ghana Tennis Association (GTA) as president of its Legal Committee.

A statement from the CAT Secretariat in Tunis (Tunisia) copied to GNA Sports in Accra said Sam Pee Yalley will head the Committee for a two-year tenure from 2011 to 2013.

According to the continental body, the decision was taken at its meeting held on July 7 in Cairo, Egypt.

The appointment is in recognition of the Vice President's contributi= on to the development of the sport in the country and the continent as a whole= .. Other members of the Committee are Mehrez Boussayene (Tunisia), Patric= k Gichira (Kenya), Johann Koorts (South Africa) and Georges N'Goan (C=F4te d'Ivoire).