Egypt's national football team will travel to Qatar this weekend where they will set up their training camp after the Pharaohs’ scheduled friendly games were cancelled in the wake of the 1 February Port Said tragedy.

The seven-time African champions, who are currently preparing for 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifiers under American coach Bob Bradley, are scheduled to play Congo and Kenya, they are also slated to take on Niger.

Doha is also the hosting venue for national Iraqi teams after FIFA’s decision to move their home matched to neutral grounds four months ago.