The youth national football team of Turkmenistan (U20) recognized the opponents at the fourth championship of the Football Association of Central Asia (CAFA), which will be held from May 21 to 28 in Dushanbe and Tursunzad (Tajikistan).

The 46th World Chess Olympiad will be held in Samarkand in 2026. Over four million US dollars will be allocated for the event. The corresponding decree was signed by the President of the Republic Shavkat Mirziyoyev, reports UZ.

The national team of students of Turkmenistan won bronze medals at the international basketball tournament dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Heydar Aliyev.

FIFA Regional Technical Coordinator Gayoz Darsadze (Georgia) will pay a working visit to Turkmenistan on May 17-19.

The youth national team of Turkmenistan (U-20) will take part in the championship of the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA), the press service of the subfederation reports.

Athletes from Turkmenistan will take part in the Asian Belt Wrestling Championship, which will be held from May 20 to 25 in Jizzakh, Uzbekistan. This is reported by the National News Agency of Uzbekistan.

Turkmen billiard players will take part in the Moscow Mayor's Cup, which will be held from May 15 to May 20 in the Russian capital. As the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports told ORIENT, the composition of the Turkmen delegation was formed by 17 people, including 13 athletes.

Iranian specialist Reza Yazdani has been appointed the head coach of the Turkmenistan national freestyle wrestling team.

Turkmen weightlifter Anamjan Rustamova won a bronze medal at the Asian Championship, which is being held in Jinju (Republic of Korea).

After an almost 12-year absence, the giant Olympic rings returned to the Panathinaikos Stadium in Athens, where the first Olympic Games of modern times were held. They were re-installed at the far end from the main entrance of the sports complex.