Dr. Ashraf Sobhy, Minister of Youth and Sports, met with Hisham Hatab, President of the Egyptian Olympic Committee, and Dr. Amr El-Noury, President of the Egyptian Rowing Federation, to discuss the latest updates and conditions in the Rowing Federation.

Dr. Sobhy succeeded in convincing Dr. Amr El-Noury to retract his resignation, stressing that the Ministry supports all those who seek to promote the Egyptian sports in all fields and works to overcome all the obstacles that may face it. And that the ministry beliefs in the importance of the role played by heads of the various federations in working and participating in promoting the Egyptian sports.

They discussed ways of supporting the Egyptian Rowing Federation by the Ministry, also discussed putting plans and a map for the future programs in preparation for Tokyo 2020, in addition to the full coordination between the Ministry, the Egyptian Olympic Committee and the federations to set up the camps for  the Egyptian players to raise their level to help them qualify for Tokyo 2020.