After the fourth round of the Turkmenistan Classic Chess Championship among children under 8, 10 and 12 years old, which ended on Wednesday, January 31, the favorites hold the lead.

The midfielder of the Turkmenistan national football team, the player of the Hong Kong club "Kitchee" Ruslan Mingazov will play in a friendly match against the American professional football club "Inter Miami", for which Lionel Messi plays. This was announced by FC Kitchee.

Last week, the matches of the third round of the group stage and the first playoff games were played. We present to your attention a brief overview of the results of last week's matches:

The first day of the Turkmenistan Chess Championship among cadets under 8, 10 and 12 years old in Ashgabat produced a lot of surprises, during which medals in rapid chess were played out.

Today, at the Ashgabat Chess and Checkers School, more than 300 children aged 5 to 12 years began to compete for the palm in the national championships among cadets in the categories under 8, 10 and 12 years old.

On January 27, the Turkmen Junior under-20 Chess Championship ended in Ashgabat, where tournament favorites Amanmuhammet Hommadov and Lala Shohradova confirmed their leadership positions.

The Directorate for the preparation and holding of the World Nomad Games approved all protocols for the fifth Games, which will be held from September 8 to 15 in Astana, The Astana Times reports.

The following matches will take place today, January 22, as part of the 3rd round of the Asian Cup group stage:

At the qualifying championship of Central and West Asia among juniors under 14, which ended in Muscat (Oman), a tennis player from Turkmenistan, Ilima Huseynova, won a gold medal, becoming the holder of the title of champion. The competition was held in two stages with the participation of representatives of 13 countries.

On January 11, the slogan, emblem and mascots of the 9th Asian Winter Games, which will be held in 2025 in Harbin, the capital of the northernmost Chinese province of Heilongjiang, were officially presented.