Squash players visit children’s cancer hospital

CAIRO –17 June 2017: Raneem El-Waleely and Nour El-Sherbini, Egyptian national team Squash players, visited children’s cancer hospital 57357 on June 15. Abd Elaziz Abd El Shafy “Zizo”, former Al-Ahly player and manager, accompanied them on their visit.

They went to the hospital to cheer the children up and give them presents to encourage them in their fight against cancer, believing that the children need all the support that can be provided. Many sports celebrities visited the hospital before and showed their empathy with the children.

Sherbini, the 21 year-old Squash star ranked first in women’s singles, was the PSA Women’s player of the year runner up earlier this month, according to psaworldtour.com

Waleely, 28 years old, ranks second in the women’s singles according to psaworldtour.com. She was the first woman in Egypt to become the number one world ranking female squash player in September 2015, according to squashinfo.com.