A young tennis player from Turkmenistan, Sulgun Ishanguliyeva, became the ambassador of the international tournament Smrikva Bowl, which takes place in Croatia. She became the first representative from Turkmenistan to take part in these competitions.

The Chinese company Vivo, which is one of the largest smartphone manufacturers in the world, has been announced as the official supplier of mobile phones for the 2022 Asian Summer Games in Hangzhou. The Games will be held from September 23 to October 8, 2023.

The European Athletics Association will provide round-the-clock audio broadcasting of its competitions at the III European Games in Poland using artificial intelligence. The neural network will clone the voice of British middle-distance runner and commentator Hannah England.

The Iranian national football team defeated the team of Uzbekistan in the final match of the Cup of Nations of the Central Asian Football Association - CAFA Nations Cup-2023.

The head coach of the national team of Turkmenistan Mergen Orazov commented on the defeat of his wards by the team of Uzbekistan (0:2) in the match of the second round of the Cup of Nations of the Central Asian Football Association - CAFA Nations Cup–2023.

The national team of Turkmenistan lost to the team of Oman in the third round of the Cup of Nations of the Central Asian Football Association - CAFA Nations Cup-2023.

Turkmen freestyle wrestlers Alp Arslan Begenchev and Dovletgeldy Muradov won bronze medals at the Asian Cadet Championship (U-17), which was held from June 8 to 13 in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan). This was reported to the ORIENT correspondent in the Federation of this sport of the country.

Turkmen weightlifter Gaygysyz Torayev won a silver medal at the Havana Weightlifting Grand Prix held in the capital of Cuba.

Argentina striker Lionel Messi tried to enter China with a Spanish passport, as he thought that it was possible to enter the country on a visa-free regime, Bild reports, citing Chinese media.

President of the Asian Cycling Confederation and head of the UAE Cycling Federation Osama Al-Shafar plans to pay a visit to Turkmenistan, the UAE Embassy in Turkmenistan reports on Instagram.