The ceremony of lighting the flame of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris is to take place in the Greek Olympia on April 16 next year — 101 days before the opening ceremony of the competitions themselves in the French capital. This is reported by the Olympic news site Insidethegames.

The youth national team of Turkmenistan won silver medals for the first time in history at the Central Asian Tennis Championship (U-12), which ended in Ashgabat.

At the Rapid World Chess Championship, which ended on Thursday, June 8, in the Georgian city of Batumi, a schoolgirl from the Lebap region, Leyla Shohradova, finished in third place in the category of girls under 16. Having the title of a candidate for the FIDE master among women, Leila scored 8 points out of 11 possible, only a point behind the winner Alexandra Shvedova (Russia) and half a point behind the silver medalist Ksenia Norman (Belarus).

The national team of Turkmenistan beat the team of Uzbekistan in the fourth round of the Central Asian Championship among boys and girls under 12 years old, which started in Ashgabat on June 5.

Turkmen athletes will take part in the Grand Prix of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), starting on June 8 in Havana (Cuba).

The matches of the third round of the Central Asian Tennis Championship (U-12) have ended in the tennis complex of the Olympic Town.

Young Turkmen champions played the first games at the World Chess Championship in Batumi (Georgia). Twelve of the best chess players of Turkmenistan (6 girls and 6 boys) participate in the age categories from 8 to 18 years. The tournament is held with the rapid time control regulations, i.e. each player is given 15 minutes with 10 seconds for each turn.

The II Games of the CIS countries have opened in Belarus in a test mode, Belteleradiocompany reports. An operational coordination center has also been launched.

The national team of Turkmenistan beat the team of Afghanistan in the second round of the Central Asian Championship among boys and girls under 12 years old, which started on June 5.

Turkmen athletes have successfully started at the Central Asian Tennis Championship among children under 12 years old.