Turkmen chess players won one silver and one bronze medal on the first gaming day (November 29) of the Western Asian Championship for boys and girls under 20, which takes place in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The Turkmenbashi International Seaport futsal team “Denizchi” became the winner of the Turkmenistan Futsal Premier League.

Chess player from Turkmenistan, international master Saparmurat Atabaev won a silver medal at the 3rd international open tournament “The Road and the Belt”, which was held in Qinhuangdao, China. Saparmurat won 4 games, drew the rest and ultimately scored 6.5 points out of 9 possible. In the second round, Saparmurat was even able to defeat the tournament winner, the young Chinese Huang Renji, who, after losing to Saparmurat, began to win grandmasters one after another and eventually scored 7 points.

Turkmen chess player, FIDE master Lala Shohradova entered the top 10 at the World Championship among girls under 18, held in the Italian city of Montesilvano. Having scored 7.5 points out of 11 possible, Lala took 8th place and was able to raise her Elo rating by 180 points.

FIFA has extended its partnership with Qatar's national airline Qatar Airways until 2030.

The opening ceremony of the 14th Kurash Wrestling World Championship took place in Ashgabat on Saturday evening, November 25. The venue was a martial arts sports complex with a capacity of 5,000 seats on the territory of the Olympic Campus.

From November 24 to 26, the capital of the UAE, Abu Dhabi, will host the final stage of the Formula 1 racing championship for the 2023 season.

The youngest son of the famous boxer, absolute world champion Konstantin Tszyu, Nikita Tszyu, won the title fight, knocking out his opponent Dylan Biggs, Tengri Sport reports.

Two rounds before the end of the World Championship among boys and girls in classical chess, FIDE master candidate Leyla Shohradova retains her place in the «top three” leaders in the category of girls under 16. Leila, who has so far scored 7 points out of 9 possible thanks to yesterday’s victory in a beautiful attacking style over Guldona Karimova, a chess player from Uzbekistan, is one point behind the duet of leaders – Russian Alexandra Shvedova (FIDE rating – 2170) and Chinese Wang Chukiao (FIDE rating – 2215). Our compatriot will have to face the last of them in a face-to-face match today in the 10th round, the Chess Federation of Turkmenistan reported.

Gaygysyz Torayev, representing Turkmenistan at the World Youth Weightlifting Championships in Mexico, became the silver medalist in the weight category up to 81 kg.