Egypt step up short-stature football preparations for Rabat World Cup

Egypt's short-stature football team are training in Cairo ahead of the World Cup scheduled for November in Rabat. They are due to enter a closed training camp in early November, then continue their preparations until they leave for Morocco.

The players are training in the indoor hall at Cairo International Stadium. Ehab Hassanein, a board member of the Egyptian Paralympic Committee and head of the delegation, visited the squad. The committee outlined this stage of preparations in a post on Saturday 31 October.

Coach Mohamed El Beida gave an update on his group's physical condition and technical preparation during the visit. No final squad or detailed schedule of Egypt's matches was released in the announcement.

A second edition in Morocco

Rabat is due to host the second edition of the World Cup. Twenty-four teams are expected, including Egypt.