On the international sports stage, as well as in other areas, Turkmenistan demonstrates a steady growth of its authority. This is confirmed by the success of our athletes at major international competitions and Olympics. This year, our young chess players also presented the country with a valuable gift for the Independence Day celebrations by returning with awards.

At the 45th World Chess Olympiad, which concluded today in Budapest, Hungary, both the men's and women's national teams were winners in their repestive categories. The men scored 15 points out of a possible 22 to win in category "B", while the women achieved 14 points in category "C".

Thanks to the victories of International Master Saparmyrat Atabayev and Grandmaster Meylis Annaberdiyev on the 1st and 2nd boards respectively, as well as a draw by Allayar Shirliev on the 4th board, the Turkmen national team defeated Iceland (seed number - 46; average rating - 2483) with the score 2.5 to 1.5 in the 8th round of the ongoing World Chess Olympiad in Budapest (Hungary).

On the seventh day of the 45th World Chess Olympiad, both the men's and women's national teams of Turkmenistan won important victories.

On 18 September 2024, the ceremony of donating special Taekwondo devices to the National Taekwondo Center of Turkmenistan from the Embassy of the Republic of Korea to Turkmenistan took place at the indoor Athletics Complex of Olympic Village in Ashgabat

The 6th round of the 45th World Chess Olympiad, which is taking place in Budapest, Hungary, ended yesterday, after which the women's team of Turkmenistan with 8 team points out of 12 possible is in first place in its category.

Portuguese footballer, striker and captain of the Saudi club Al-Nasr and the Portuguese national team Cristiano Ronaldo became the first person in the world to gain 1 billion subscribers on his social networks.

Turkmen athlete Annagurban Allaberdiyev won the gold medal at the 5th World Nomad Games, winning the alysh competition, a national belt wrestling event.

Alp Arslan Begenjov, 18, became the first athlete from Turkmenistan to win a gold medal at the World Youth Wrestling Championships U-20. The competition was held in Pontevedra, Spain.

The 44th General Assembly of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is underway in New Delhi. As part of this assembly, elections were held for the leadership positions of the Organisation.