
Egypt’s national youth fencing team achieves world glory
National team qualified for final after beating World No 1 and World Champions, the US, in historic semi-final achievement
National team qualified for final after beating World No 1 and World Champions, the US, in historic semi-final achievement
Egypt was elected to host the Junior World Fencing Championships 2021with 101 votes against 29 for Bulgaria, during a meeting held by the international governing body of Olympic fencing (FIE) in France. Egypt is represented at the FIE by Abdel Moneim Al-Husseini, head of the Egyptian Fencing Federation (EFF), and Gamil El-Ziftawy, a board member …
Mohamed Hamza ended in third place in foil fencing
The 2016 FIE Senior World Cup for men’s foil concluded its events on 23 October at the Saladin Citadel in Cairo. The Egyptian Ministry of Youth and Sports participated in financing the fencing tournament’s costs with EGP 250,000. The ministry is supporting several international sports events to motivate tourism to Egypt. Aiding in this effort, …