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.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov was unanimously elected head of the National Olympic Committee at a meeting of the General Assembly of the NOC of Turkmenistan on Tuesday.

The Asian Games, which were supposed to be held in China in September, are postponed indefinitely, reports Euronews. This decision was made by the Olympic Council of Asia, without specifying the reason for the transfer.