Dragon boat racing finds new niche on the Nile

Academy brings sport to Egypt ahead of festival

CAIRO - The 2,000-year-old tradition of Chinese dragon boat racing has found a new home in Egypt's Nile River after the opening of a training academy in the province of Giza.

"It brings Egypt and China closer and will enable us to send Egyptian players to join dragon boat racing in China and host Chinese teams here in Egypt," said Ehab Gouda, co-founder of the Egyptian Dragon Boat Academy.