Minister of Youth and Sports Dr. Ashraf Sobhy, and Dr. Constantine Row, Chairman of the African Union of Sports Medicine, inaugurated the 30th African International Conference of Sports Medicine, under the title "Challenges and Developments in Sports Medicine", which organized the African Union of Sports Medicine under the auspices of the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

The Minister of Youth and Sports stressed the ministry's interest in such conferences because the general direction for the current period, aim to improve sports medicine and work on improving the therapeutic and medical system for players to avoid the dangers of injuries which may deprive Egypt and its players to be represented in international tournaments and forums.

The conference included a number of topics namely, knee injuries and cruciate ligament, readings and reports of diagnostic radiology, physical rehabilitation and injuries, physiology of dealing with sports injuries and healthy nutrition of athletes