The Egyptian Special Olympics champions are preparing to participate in the Special Olympics International Football Championship, which will be hosted by Chennai, India, from August 3 to 6.

The Egyptian delegation consists of Hani Mahmoud, head of the Egyptian Special Olympics, Amr El Tahawy, head of the delegation, Dr. Ikramy El Gammal, the Technical Director of the team, in addition to coach Tarek Sabry and the players Ashraf Mahmoud, Mostafa Mahmoud, Mohamed Snoussi, Mohamed Alaa, Mahmoud Gamal, Ahmed Reda, Omar Saif El Islam and Fathy Tarek.

The team has intensified their training during the previous and current period and played a number of friendly matches to stand on the technical level of the team, which was witnessed by the playgrounds of the Sports Center for the preparation of the national teams in Maadi in preparation for participating in this international Championship.

It’s scheduled for the team to enter a closed camp next Thursday in preparation for Friday's travel to attend the opening ceremony scheduled for 3rd of August.