The International Football Federation (FIFA) and the International Council of Football Associations (IFAB) are working on options for introducing clean playing time in football and reducing the match from 90 to 60 minutes, reports RIA Novosti.

The President of Turkmenistan signed a resolution on the establishment of the Organizing Committee for the preparation of national teams for participation in the XXXIII Summer Olympic and XVII Summer Paralympic Games, which will be held in Paris in 2024.

An information center on sports and youth policy will be created in Turkmenistan to promote this sphere of the country's life in the international media space. Deputy Prime Minister Sapardurdy Toylyev spoke about the organization of such a structure at a government meeting on Friday.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov instructed to develop a training program for the national teams of Turkmenistan for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Along with celebration of the first medallist of the Olympic Games in the history of Turkmenistan Polina Guryeva, which by the decree of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was given the title «Honoured master of sports of Turkmenistan» and also an apartment, a car Lexus LX570 Sport Plus and 50 thousand US dollars as gift, in Ashkhabad there also was held an warding ceremony of coaches.

First medallist of the Olympic Games in the modern history of Turkmenistan Polina Guryeva was awarded 50 thousand US dollars, a three-room apartment in Ashkhabad and car Lexus LX 570 Sport Plus.

Turkmenistan confirmed its participation in the first games of the CIS countries in the Russian city of Kazan from September 4 to 11, it follows from the statement of the Minister of Sports of the Republic of Tatarstan Vladimir Leonov at a briefing for journalists.

The only representative of Turkmenistan in the hammer throw tournament at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Mergen Mammadov, was unable to reach the final. The athlete performing in qualification group B showed the 15th result - 67.53 meters. This was not enough to get into the list of 12 participants in decisive starts.

Turkmenistan sent nine athletes to the Tokyo Olympics, who represent four sports nominations - judo, swimming, athletics and weightlifting.

In weightlifting competitions a silver medal in the weight category under 59 kg was secured by Polina Guryeva and it is the first medal for Turkmen nationals for the entire history of independence of the country.