The Turkmenistan Table Tennis Championship, which was held in the Olympic Town of Ashgabat, has ended. 130 sportsmen took part in the competition. Representatives of the capital's national team won gold and silver in all competitions, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper writes today.
Paris Saint-Germain FC confirmed that on January 18-19 it will visit the capitals of Qatar and Saudi Arabia for matches with the teams "Al-Hilal" and "Al-Nasr", in which the famous footballer Cristiano Ronaldo plays, Sports.ru reports.
World sport is recovering from a prolonged "hibernation" during the pandemic. The domestic sports industry does not stand aside either. Since the beginning of the year, Turkmen athletes have won dozens of medals of various denominations at major international competitions.
Lebap athletes won 6 out of 10 gold medals at the Turkmenistan Women's Freestyle Wrestling Championship held in the city of Turkmenabad, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reports.
Turkmen hockey players are preparing for tournaments within the framework of the World Hockey Championship, during which the hockey "squad" of the country plans to enter the second division again.
“TAPI is a Symbol of Peace” – under such a slogan, a cycling march is taking place these days along the route of the Afghan section of the future Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline. This was reported to ORIENT in the diplomatic department of Turkmenistan.
At the CIS summit held in Astana on Friday, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov proposed the creation of a coordinating committee for international sports games under the auspices of the CIS Council for Physical Culture and Sports – the "Friendship Games".
Turkmen rally and weightlifters who have achieved success in recent international competitions - the 2022 Silk Way Rally in Russia and the Asian Youth Weightlifting Championship in Tashkent, were honored on Wednesday in Avaza.
The Ambassador's Cup of the Republic of Korea in Taekwondo (WT – World Taekwondo version), played annually in the Turkmen capital, was held in the Olympic town of Ashgabat, except for the period that was associated with restrictions due to the global pandemic that swept the whole world.
The President of Turkmenistan signed a decree on Wednesday, according to which the Ministry of Sports and Youth Policy, together with the International Sambo Federation, will hold the World Sambo Championship in Ashgabat. The competitions will be held in November 2025, in the martial arts sports complex of the Olympic Town.
Turkmen chess players took a worthy 3rd place following the results of the final team stage of the World Chess Festival "Queens Online". Having scored 17 team points out of 22 possible, the Turkmen team lost only to the national teams of the USA and China, who scored 18 points each.
On Saturday, Turkmen chess player Lala Shohradova became the winner of the final stage of the World Chess Festival “Queens Online”.
On June 02, 2022, On the occasion of World Bicycle Day the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Islamic Republic of Iran organized a mass cycling event at Chitgar Park in Tehran, Iran with the participation of Embassy staff, their family members and local citizens under the motto “Epoch of people with Arkadag”.
On June 1, 2022, in Tbilisi the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Georgia with the assistance of Georgian National Bicycle Federation held a bicycle ride dedicated to World Bicycle Day.
Turkmen chess player Meylis Annaberdyev was awarded the highest chess title – grandmaster. The decision on this was made at the 1st meeting of the FIDE Council in Abu Dhabi in April this year.
