The board of directors of the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) has appointed Mohamed Fadl and its board members Dr. Ahmed Abdallah to prepare a vision for Egypt's preparations for the African Under-23 Championship next November and the proposed organizational structure of the organizing committee.

The Egyptian Federation said in an official statement yesterday that the board decided to postpone the decision on the offer made to the Egyptian national team to perform a friendly match with Brazil in the UAE in October until the appointment of the technical staff of the team.

The Council also decided to assign Dr. Jamal Mohammed Ali, Vice-President of the Federation and Walid Al-Attar, Acting Executive Director, to attend the meetings of the Arab Football Federation scheduled to be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 16 September.