In the match of the 14th round of the highest league of Turkmenistan on football "Ahal" tied with the Turkmenbashi "Shagadam" - 2:2.

Turkmen track and field athlete Alisher Sadullayev took part in the preliminary races for the 100 meters of the World Championship, which started today, August 19, in Budapest (Hungary).

Turkmen athlete Alisher Sadullayev will compete at the World Championships, which will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. The athlete has received a quota from the International Association of Athletics Federations and will represent the country in running at a distance of 100 meters.

You don't have to be a prophet to realize the degree of dissatisfaction with the seaside football fans with the number of points scored by “Shagadam” in the last four matches, especially when there are none at all. As well as scored goals. The club from Turkmenbashi failed to score even once in the second round.

The winners of the open championship of the capital among mini-cadets under 12 years old were determined in Ashgabat. The sports championship was organized by the Fencing Federation of Turkmenistan, about fifty children took part in it under the guidance of a young coach, the champion of Central Asia among juniors Jumanazar Dovetnazarov, the ORIENT correspondent reports.

16 medals - 2 gold, 11 silver and 3 bronze - were won by Turkmen athletes at the Asian Unifight Championship held from August 11 to 17 in Issyk-Kul (Kyrgyzstan). This was reported to an ORIENT correspondent by the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports of the country.

As part of the thirteenth round of the Turkmenistan football championship, the capital's "Kopetdag" hosted the champion of the country "Ahal" at the stadium of the same name. In this match, the team of the Main Department "Turkmennebitonumleri" confirmed the status of the favorite and won a confident victory with a score of 3:1.

Pieces of the turf on which Lionel Messi played in June will be sold by the management company of the Workers' Stadium in Beijing. The sizes of the pieces are not indicated, but they are taken from those places on the field where the Argentine football player distinguished himself with active actions. For example, the place where Messi scored a goal in the 81st second of the game is believed to be the fastest goal of his career, according to the South China Morning Post.

Turkmen para powerlifters will take part in the World Championship, which will be held from 22 to 31 August in Dubai (UAE). This was reported to ORIENT in the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports of the country.

Japanese Ambassador to Turkmenistan Yamamoto Hiroyuki held a meeting with the chairman of the country's Judo Federation Velmurad Gurbanmyradov and the Japanese coach of Turkmenistan's national judo team Kazuhiko Tokuno, the press service of the Japanese diplomatic mission in Ashgabat reports.