A symbolic button was pressed at the Sports Palace in Minsk, which started the countdown 30 days before the start of the II CIS Games. This is reported by BelTA.

It is expected that the XIX Asian Games of 2022 in Hangzhou will be covered by 12 thousand media representatives — the same number as athletes. This was announced by the organizers of the competition during the meeting of the World Meeting of Broadcasters in Hangzhou.

Youth teams from the CIS, BRICS and SCO countries - about 3 thousand athletes in total, will be participants of the International University Sports Festival in Yekaterinburg. From August 19 to 31, competitions in 14 sports will be held in the capital of the Urals, 193 sets of medals will be played.

The first national chess championship among school teams will be organized in Ashgabat this weekend.

Juniors from Turkmenistan are taking part in the West Asian Chess Championship among children from 6 to 18 years old, which is being held for the first time in the town of Korumdu, Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz media report.

"Quick start, low intensity of exercises, convenience for beginners" — this is the general idea of pickleball. In this regard, pickball has practically replaced frisbee and has become a new popular sport all over the world.

The FIFA Women's World Cup, which this year will be held in nine cities of two countries — Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to August 20, is available in the popular video game FIFA 23.

During a visit to the Dynamo stadium in Minsk with foreign journalists, the Minister of Sports and Tourism of Belarus Sergey Kovalchuk spoke about the preparation process for the II Games of the CIS countries, BelTA reports.

The friendly match between the “Arkadag” and “Ahal” football teams will be the first match at the 10,000-seat stadium in the country's first state-important city.

The national team of Turkmenistan will take part in the first draw of the futsal tournament of the Central Asian Football Association among the National teams - CAFA Futsal Cup-2023, which will be held from July 23 to 30 in the city of Dushanbe (Tajikistan).