Dr. Ashraf Sobhy, Minister of Youth and Sports, welcomed the Egyptian national Karate team on 28th of January, at Cairo International Airport after their participation in the international premier league championship for karate in France which qualifies for Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and was attended by about 760 players from all the world champions from 82 countries

 Ashraf Sobhy stressed the outstanding level of the national karate team in the tournament, praising Gianna Farouk's win of the silver medal in the Premier league championship, and the insistence of the players to achieve the advanced places and win various tournaments, Referring to the support of the ministry to the Egyptian Karate federation and its players at the level of the preparing tournaments which qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Sobhy stressed Egypt's excellence in karate and the ability of the players to achieve many Olympic medals in Tokyo Olympics, indicating the coordination of the ministry with the Egyptian Olympic Committee and sports federations to follow up their preparations for the training camps and programs to prepare the Egyptian players for international championships