The multidisciplinary sports complex of the city of Arkadag hosted the first open championship of the city in mixed martial arts MMA according to the “Draka” version, as well as universal combat, hand-to-hand combat, Indian kabaddi and hapkido team game, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper writes.

The heads of football associations of Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan considered the possibility of holding joint tournaments of international level, including the championship among teams of different age categories.

French President Emmanuel Macron has promised to develop a charter of obligations for the accommodation of tourists to ensure an exemplary reception at the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris next year.

More than 150 medical workers will be involved in the medical support of the II Games of the CIS countries. This was announced at a meeting of the medical and anti-doping commission of the National Olympic Committee of Belarus, the official website of the competition reports.

The 17th Asian Chess Championship among schoolchildren, held in Tashkent, ended on Thursday, July 20. On this day, young athletes competed in a blitz tournament with a time control of 3 minutes for the entire game and with the addition of 2 seconds for each move. This type of chess requires making quick, or even lightning-fast decisions during the game.

Young Turkmen chess players once again pleased with silver and bronze medals at the 17th Asian Chess Championship among schoolchildren held in Tashkent, where the tournament with classical time regulations ended.

As preparations for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are well underway, organizers are making every effort to use the opportunities of the competition to promote economic development, reduce inequality and promote employment.

Turkmenistan's national karate-do team will perform at the 19th Asian Championship, which will be held on July 18-23 in Melaka, Malaysia. The men's team included: Davud Nazmuradov, Maksad Dologeldiyev, Didar Babayev, Bayry Bayryyev, Suleyman Garlyyev, Arzuv Seyitgulyyev. Aygul Esenova, Ogulsuray Tachdurdyyeva and Selbi Rozibayeva will represent Turkmenistan in the women's category.

Turkmen athletes took the third team place at the world championship in belt wrestling, which was held in Astana (Kazakhstan) from 13 to 16 July. In total, wrestlers from 30 countries took part in the competition.

On Saturday, the grand finish ceremony of the Silk Road International Rally 2023 took place on Red Square in the very center of Moscow. She gathered several thousand fans at Vasilyevsky Descent, who came to congratulate the winners and prize-winners and to see the passage of sports cars through the finish arch.