The national team of Vietnam is determined to win at least eight gold medals at the Games “Ashgabat 2017”, says daily newspaper VietnamNews. Hanoi bets on the champion wins in such sports as athletics, swimming, weightlifting, chess, billiards, wrestling, kickboxing and Thai b

[video width="854" height="480" mp4="https://cdn.orient.tm/storage/app/media/ru/2017/09/AZIADA-2017_FLAG-PODNYATIYE_WEB-ORiENT.mp4"][/video] In the evening of September 13, when the hands of the clock pointed to 17 hours and 17 minutes, the ceremony of raising the flag of Turk...

After a four-year break, the legendary kickboxer from Kyrgyzstan, 35-year-old Alen Ofoyo, will perform at the Games Ashgabat 2017. Since 2013, having won a fight with an opponent from Turkey, the European, Asian and Eurasian champion in kickboxing, decided to leave professiona

The national futsal men’s team of the Solomon Islands has headed to Ashgabat to take part in the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. The team nicknamed Kurukuru is led by coach Jerry Sam. The drawing procedure, held in mid-August, has included this sea-locked nation in...

The team of refugees at the 5th Asian Games “Ashgabat 2017” will be represented by 5 athletes, lead by the five-time world champion in the Half Marathon Tegla Loroupe. Under the leadership of the legendary runner from Kenya, the team of refugees for the first time took part in...

The Games "Ashgabat 2017" will be forever recorded in history of Fijian sports as the first Asian games with the participation of the national team of this oceanic country. On 12 September, a team of 40 athletes will head to the capital of Turkmenistan, united by the desire to

The National Olympic Committee of Jordan has decided to send e-sports team to Ashgabat for participation in 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. The first pioneering group of Jordan on e-sports consists of five gamers Abdullah Jaradat, Abdulfatah Al Shroof, Ali Nidal, Amer...

Silver medalist of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro Hidilin Diaz will lead the team of the Philippines in the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. In an interview with The Philippine Star, she shared her attitude and told how she was getting ready to go to the podium in...

Bahrain taekwondo group are ready to perform in the arena of the 5th Asian Games in enclosed spaces and in martial arts, to officially start in less than ten days. In this version of the Korean martial art on behalf of the smallest Arab nation, female trio – Wala’a Al-Dossari, si

Preparation for the 5th Asian Games "Ashgabat 2017" has entered the final straight and our athletes are doing their best in the final trainings. In the contests for Greco-Roman wrestling, Turkmenistan will be represented by 16 wrestlers. - We feel how quickly time goes by, and...