Tuesday, May 27/2025 – 11:40 AM
Dr. Ashraf Sobhi, Minister of Youth, approved the formation of the Scientific Council for Sports, to be one of the active mechanisms to follow up the state’s programs in the Olympic preparation, the world championships, and national projects in the sports field, in a way that enhances the integration between sports policies and the scientific approach in developing national sports performance.
This comes under the direction of President Abdel Fattah El -Sisi to control and develop the sports system.
The Minister of Youth forms the Scientific Council for Sports
The Council is chaired by Counselor Alaa Fouad, former Minister of Parliamentary Councils, head of the Technical Secretariat of the National Front, and former equestrian player.
The formation includes a group of senior experts and specialists, including Dr. Kamal Darwish, Professor of Sports Administration and Technical Adviser to the Council, Dr. Hazem Khamis, Professor of Cardiology and Head of the Egyptian Anti -Doping Organization, as well as a number of university professors, representatives of sports federations and bodies, and Olympic champions of international achievements.
Dr. Ashraf Sobhi, Minister of Youth and Sports, stressed that the formation of the council represents a qualitative step towards integrating scientific research in developing Egyptian sport, saying: The council includes a group of professors, experts and international athletes, and represents a real integration between universities, unions and state institutions, and supports preparation plans for the Los Angeles Olympics 2028, and talent discovery programs.
The Minister of Youth continued: We rely on this formation to establish an effective scientific mechanism to follow up on the state’s programs in sports preparation and develop technical performance, and we confirm our commitment to building a promising sports generation, based on scientific and professional foundations that are consistent with the directions of the new republic.
The establishment of the council comes within the directions of the Ministry to enhance scientific work and strategic planning, and integrate research efforts with the technical and administrative needs of the sports system, in a way that contributes to achieving qualitative mutations in terms of national sporting performance.
The Scientific Council for Sports includes a group of specialized qualitative committees, the most prominent of which are: Strategic and Financial Planning Committee, Committee for Training and Load Planning, Artificial Intelligence and Data Analysis Committee, Sports and Performance Measurement Committee, Biomedical Mechanics Committee, Psychological Analysis Committee, Dietary Science and Stimulants Committee, in addition to scientific committees specialized in national projects such as: the talent project and the Olympic champion, the national project For the kinetic talent, the gynecological project, the psychological preparatory project, and the nutritionist, along with the medical committee, and the measurement and rehabilitation committee.
It is expected that the Council will contribute to the formulation of scientific visions to develop sports performance, support preparation programs for the Olympics, provide technical and scientific consultations necessary to develop sports infrastructure, talented discovery programs, and invest youth energies in various games.
