This coming Sunday, October 1, the prestigious tournament for the Turkmenistan Chess Federation (CFT) Cup will start in Ashgabat. About 90 participants from all welayats of the country have already registered for the tournament, which is being held in the country after a long break.

The men's national tennis team of Turkmenistan, as well as a team of juniors under 14, went to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, for a three-week training camp together with athletes from Uzbekistan, the press service of the Federation of this type of country reports.

International chess judge Vladimir Annaev from Turkmenistan officiates at chess competitions at the 19th Asian Games in the Chinese city of Hangzhou. He is entrusted with personally judging the first board in the individual competition among women, which takes place under the “rapid” time control regulations.

Turkmen athletes take part in the international boxing tournament, which takes place from September 25 to September 30 from Aktau (Kazakhstan).

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".