Turkmen athletes won two medals - one gold and one bronze - at the ITF World Taekwondo Championship held in Astana.

13-year-old Myahri Agamuradova, having lost the race for leadership to a Russian chess player, took second place in a very prestigious and strong tournament in Moscow, which is comparable in status to the unofficial CIS championship.

The youth football team of Turkmenistan is preparing for the qualifying matches of the Asian Cup - 2024. From August 27 to September 4, it holds a training in the Chinese city of Dalian, where it will also play two friendly matches.

Noah Lyles from the United States has become the first track and field athlete since 2015 to win three golds in a single world track championship. He won the 100m and 200m as well as the 4x100 relay. Thus, he repeated three records of Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt.

A building for the Football Federation of Turkmenistan will be built in the city of Arkadag. The site for the construction of this facility was determined by the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov during a working trip to the city of Arkadag on Saturday and acquaintance with the projects of the second phase of its construction.

Turkmen kurash wrestlers will train in the city of Arkadag ahead of the 14th world championship in this sport, which will be held in Ashgabat from 23 to 28 November 2023. The National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, during a working trip to the city of state importance on Saturday, instructed the relevant leaders to create all the conditions for Turkmen athletes who will be preparing for the championship.

The World Championship in horseracing started on Friday at the historical breeding circle of the Center of National Equestrian Traditions of the Moscow VDNH. Riders from 9 countries participate in the two- day tournament - Russia, Belarus, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and France. From each of them, a team of three people or one representative in a personal competition will enter the battlefield, the press center of VDNH says.

The calendar of matches of "Ahal" in the AFC Champions League has been determined. The Turkmen team formed group "A" together with Uzbek "Pakhtakor", Saudi "Al-Fah" and "Al-Ain" from the UAE.

The judoka of the national team of Turkmenistan Dilara Kandymova became the owner of the bronze medal of the junior World Championship, which takes place from August 23 to 27 in Zagreb (Croatia).

The cyclists of the Abu Dhabi Club, who arrived in Turkmenistan, visited the Turkmen State Institute of Physical Education, where a tour of the laboratories of the Faculty of Olympic Sports was organized for them. Here it is possible to determine the functional capabilities of athletes – in what form and condition they are. The results of these studies help in the future in preparation for international competitions.