The news that the Russian national football team will take part in the first championship of the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) among men's teams caused a mixed reaction among both football players and sports fans. And not only in Russia, but also abroad.

The coaching staff headed by Mergen Orazov announced the composition of the players for the training camp, which will be held from March 25 to March 30 in the UAE. However, before that, the national team will have a debut meeting with the Malaysian players for the newly minted coach, which will take place on March 23 in Johor.

Turkmenistan's national judo team will take part in the Grand Slam tournament, which will be held on March 24-26 in Tbilisi (Georgia).

The GTF Taekwondo World Championship will be held in Bishkek, the Ministry of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan reports.

The youth national team of Uzbekistan won the Asian U-20 Cup for the first time in history, defeating the Iraqi team in the final. The match, held at the Bunyodkor Stadium in Tashkent, ended with a minimum score of 1-0.

Turkmen judokas won one gold and two silver medals at the European Open Youth Championship that ended in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

A two-day forum of athletes of the Olympic Council of Asia has started, which will bring together representatives of over 40 national Olympic committees.

The junior national ice hockey team of Turkmenistan won silver medals at the Asian and Oceania Championship that ended in Ulan Bator (Mongolia).

The national handball championship among girls has ended in Turkmenistan. The competitions were organized by the State Committee of Turkmenistan for Physical Culture and Sport in cooperation with the UN agencies operating in the country.

The junior national hockey team of Turkmenistan defeated the Iranian team with a crushing score of 14:1 in the final round of the Asian and Oceania Championship 2023 (U18), which takes place in Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia).