Dr. Ashraf Sobhy, Minister of Youth and Sports, led the Marathon of Cycling which organized by the Egyptian Federation of School Sports under the auspices of the Minister of Youth and Sports and Dr. Tarek Shawki, Minister of Education.

The marathon started from Al-Ahli Club at El Jazzera with the participation of art and sports stars and a number of school students. Minister was greeted by Al-Amri Farooq, Deputy Chairman of El -Ahli club and board member ,Muhannad Majdi.

aFter that, Dr. Ashraf Sobhy, accompanied by Major General Khaled Abdel Aal, Governor of Cairo, participated in the walking sport marathon which started from Abdeen Square through the streets of Khedive Cairo, to El-Tahrir Square, as part of definition campaign that aims to inform citizens of President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi’s Health initiative for Elimination of Hepatitis C Virus " 100 million healthy citizen” which begins its activities in the capital on Saturday.

In another context, the activities of “the facede of egypt “ project was launched this morning in cooperation with the United Nations Population Fund and the Ministry of Youth and Sports represented by the Central Administration for Sports Development with the participation of 1300 participants of Egyptian women and families. The project is implemented three days a month, which include awareness lectures at first day, as well as organizing sport marathon at The second day, while the third day includes a tourist program.

Dr. Sobhy stressed the keenness of the Ministry of Youth and Sports to spread the practice of sport within the community and make it a way of life among citizens through the expansion of sports development programs and cooperation with various entities to implement all initiatives that related to organizing marathons and sports festivals in different governorates.