The second round match of the second most important club tournament in Asia - the AFC Cup 2023 between the Turkmen "Merv" and the Kyrgyz "Abdysh-Ata" has begun in Ashgabat.

The Turkmen delegation headed by the Chairman of the Football Federation Arslan Aynazarov took part in the FIFA seminar with the assistance of the football associations of Central Asian and European countries, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), as well as the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA).

The legendary American boxer Mike Tyson will be one of the guests of the annual convention of the World Boxing Association (WBC), which will be held in Tashkent from November 12 to 17, Nuz.uz reports.

Turkmen judokas take part in the World Junior Championship, which takes place from October 4 to 7 in Odivelas (Portugal).

Turkmen boxers won five medals - one gold, two silver and two bronze - at an international tournament dedicated to the memory of Kambar Andashev, which was held in Aktau (Kazakhstan). The Federation of this sport of the country informed the ORIENT correspondent about this.

Turkmen boxer Bayramdurdy Nurmukhammedov won a bronze medal at the XIX Asian Games, which are being held in Hangzhou, China.

The international football organization FIFA announced that the 2030 FIFA World Cup will be hosted by Morocco, Portugal and Spain, and the first three matches will be held in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay to mark the 100th anniversary of the tournament (the first World Cup was held in Uruguay).

The Olympic Council of Asia will select the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou.

On October 1, the chess tournament for the Cup of the Chess Federation of Turkmenistan (CHF) was launched at the capital's specialized chess and checkers school. A record number of players take part in the competition, which takes place according to the Swiss system in 11 rounds - 287 chess players of different ages and skill levels from all regions of the country.

The congress of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) was held in the Mexican city of Cancun, where issues of the development of tennis in the world were discussed and new leaders of this sports organization were elected. The congress was attended by Chairman of the Tennis Federation of Turkmenistan (TTF), Eziz Dovletov, who on behalf of the national federation voted for the new leadership of the ITF, the press service of the Federation of this sport of the country reports.