Riyadh: Egypt is set to field its largest ever team at the Paris Olympics, which get underway on Friday. For the latest updates, follow us @ArabNewsSport Speaking at a press event on Tuesday, Minister of Youth and Sports Ashraf Sobhy said Egypt had spared no effort in providing its athletes with the resources they needed to qualify for the Games and as a result it had the biggest team of any Arab or African nation. A total of 148 athletes will compete across 22 sports. The team also features 16 reserves. Sobhy said he was hoping for a record medals haul “to crown the efforts of the country in providing full support to our sports champions.”