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PM stresses Egypt's full support for WADA

Date: 2021-06-08 20:27:16 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:72 - ID:9000248

CAIRO, June 8 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli stressed Egypt's full support for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and its regional office, by spreading the anti-doping culture and increasing awareness about the risk of stimulants to all ....

Egypt to set up 1st WADA regional center - Sports minister

Date: 2021-06-07 17:14:36 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:79 - ID:8998020

CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) - Sports and Youth Minister Ashraf Sobhy announced an agreement on establishing Africa's first regional center in Egypt for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), attributing such success to the political leadership's support. ....

Egypt to host 2021 Modern Pentathlon World Championship- minister

Date: 2021-06-07 14:31:18 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:59 - ID:8997712

CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) - Youth and Sports Minister Ashraf Sobhi expressed on Monday happiness over Egypt's hosting of a number of world championships, including the 2021 Modern Pentathlon World Championship, one of the major qualifying tournaments to ....

Youth minister lauds political leadership's unlimited support of sports in Egypt

Date: 2021-06-07 14:26:55 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:57 - ID:8997719

CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) - The unlimited support of the political leadership to sports in Egypt placed the country high among top world countries and was behind the formal accreditation of the Egyptian Doping Control Lab by the World Anti-Doping Agency ....

Int'l Gymnastics Federation lauds Egypt's organization of World Cup for Artistic Gymnastics

Date: 2021-06-06 22:12:00 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:96 - ID:8996490

CAIRO, June 6 (MENA) - Members of the International Gymnastics Federation lauded on Sunday its Egyptian counterpart, under Ehab Amen, who is the head of the higher committee organizing the World Cup for Artistic Gymnastics, hosted by Cairo. The ....

Youth, sports minister meets WADA chief

Date: 2021-06-06 22:10:18 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:95 - ID:8996476

CAIRO, June 6 (MENA) – Egypt's Youth and Sports Minister Ashraf Sobhi met on Sunday with President of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Witold Bańka. The WADA chief is visiting Egypt to boost international cooperation in the field of combating ....

Sports min. attends closing ceremony of Artistic Gymnastics World Cup

Date: 2021-06-06 20:14:12 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:90 - ID:8996401

CAIRO, June 6 (MENA) - Minister of Youth and Sports Ashraf Sobhi attended here on Saturday evening the closing ceremony of the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup, which kicked off on Thursday. It is the first time that the World Championship was held ....

Afcon 2021 Finals draw postponed

Date: 2021-06-06 09:25:51 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:34 - ID:8995246

CAIRO, June 6 (MENA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has postponed the draw for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), Cameroon 2021. The draw was scheduled to take place on June 25 but the new date will be announced later, according to ....

Gymnastics national squad making history in World Challenge Cup: Sports min.

Date: 2021-06-05 18:49:19 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:67 - ID:8994605

CAIRO, June 5 (MENA) - Youth and Sports Minister Ashraf Sobhy applauded Saturday the unprecedented achievement of the gymnastics national squad at the ongoing Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Egypt hosts on June 3-7. During a phone call with ....

Egypt's Zahran snatches gold at Artistic Gymnastics World Cup

Date: 2021-06-05 18:02:55 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:63 - ID:8994551

CAIRO, June 5 (MENA) - Egypt's Ali Zahran has won the gold medal in the men's artistic gymnastics rings event at the 2021 World Cup which Egypt hosts between June 3 and 7. His Azerbaijani rival Babayev Ali got the silver medal, while the bronze ....