Two rounds before the end of the World Championship among boys and girls in classical chess, FIDE master candidate Leyla Shohradova retains her place in the «top three” leaders in the category of girls under 16. Leila, who has so far scored 7 points out of 9 possible thanks to yesterday’s victory in a beautiful attacking style over Guldona Karimova, a chess player from Uzbekistan, is one point behind the duet of leaders – Russian Alexandra Shvedova (FIDE rating – 2170) and Chinese Wang Chukiao (FIDE rating – 2215). Our compatriot will have to face the last of them in a face-to-face match today in the 10th round, the Chess Federation of Turkmenistan reported.

Gaygysyz Torayev, representing Turkmenistan at the World Youth Weightlifting Championships in Mexico, became the silver medalist in the weight category up to 81 kg.

The third qualifying stage of the Turkmenistan Championship, I League, which took place from November 13 to 17, ended in the Lebap region. Schoolchildren Ulugbek Matnazarov and Yunus Joraev scored 7.5 points out of 9 possible and distinguished themselves from the rest of their opponents. According to additional indicators, Ulugbek became the winner of the tournament, and Yunus took second place.

The IBA Junior Boxing World Championship will be held in Yerevan, Armenia, from November 24 to December 4.

Turkmen chess player Leyla Shohradova after the fourth round shares 1-2 places in the World Championship among girls under 16.

The 14th edition of the largest race in Eurasia will take place in mid-summer, from July 5 to 15, 2024, and will take place across the territories of three countries

Turkmen chess players will take part in the World Championship among boys and girls in the age categories up to 14, 16 and 18 years. The world championship takes place in the Italian city of Montesilvano from November 13 to 25.

The ten-day countdown to the start of the 14th Kurash Wrestling World Championship, which will be held from November 23 to 28 in Ashgabat, has begun.

The forward of the professional football club from Saudi Arabia Al-Nasr, Cristiano Ronaldo, received a watch as a gift for a record 1.3 million dollars.

The champion of Turkmenistan «Ahal» hosted «Pakhtakor» in the match of the 4th round of the AFC group stage of the AFC Champions League-2023/24. The meeting ended in a draw with a score of 1:1, according to the IC of Turkmenistan.