Syrian soccer federation changes kit colour as Assad toppled

Rebels toppling the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad prompted the country's soccer federation, on Sunday, to change the colour of the national team's kit and logo from red to green.

Syrian rebels seized the capital Damascus unopposed after a lightning advance that sent Assad fleeing to Russia after a 13-year civil war and six decades of his family's autocratic rule.

As the events unfolded, the Syrian soccer federation announced it was changing the colour of its logo and the kit of the men’s first team.

“Our new national team uniform,” the Syrian football federation posted on Facebook alongside a photo of several players clad in green.

“The first historic change to happen in the history of Syrian sports, far from nepotism, favouritism and corruption,” it added.