The Turkmen 3x3 basketball team began its performance at the Asian Games in Hangzhou with a confident victory over the Maldives team. The Turkmen basketball players did not leave any chances to their rivals and won with a score of 22:2.

Judoka Maysa Pardayeva brought the first medal to the Turkmen team's piggy bank at the XIX Asian Games, which started on September 23 in Hangzhou, China.

Athletes of Turkmenistan took part in the opening ceremony of the 19th Summer Asian Games, which took place at the stadium of the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center. The stadium seats 80 thousand people.

The president of the Russian Football Union, Alexander Dyukov, said that by the end of 2023, the organization must decide whether to remain part of UEFA or move to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). This is reported by TASS.

The matches of the first round of the group stage of the second most important club tournament in Asia, the AFC Cup 2023/24, took place in Malaysia. Two Turkmen FIFA referees took part in these matches - Charymurad Gurbanov and Resul Mamedov.

Turkmen "Merv" played the first match in the framework of the AFC Cup, the second most important club tournament in Asia. The rival of the team from Mary was Tajik "Ravshan".

The match of the 1st round of the group stage of the second most important Asian club tournament of the AFC Cup 2023/24 in the Central zone took place in Bishkek, in which the football clubs “Altyn Asyr” (Turkmenistan) and “Abdysh-Ata” (Kyrgyzstan) played. The home team won a landslide victory with a score of 3:0

A good chess tradition was born not so long ago in Dashoguz. Residents and guests of the city, who are not indifferent to the wise game of kings, gather once a month at the Novruz cafe to participate in a chess tournament.

The Asian Grappling Championship — AIGA ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2023 has ended in Tashkent. 1200 athletes from 11 Asian countries took part in the tournament. Turkmen grapplers under the leadership of Dovletmyrat Kasimov and Ismail Kakovov showed a decent result and won four medals. Of them: one gold, one silver and two bronze.

Turkmenistan's championship among adults and the country's tennis championship among juniors under 14 and 18 years old have ended in Ashgabat. During the week, 273 athletes from different regions of the country competed for awards on the courts of the capital's tennis center.