A fan of Argentina and Paris Saint-Germain footballer Lionel Messi, Juan Polkan, stood in front of his idol's house for 10 hours before being allowed into his residence in Paris. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Argentine news site Infobae.

French schools will introduce extra hours of sports in preparation for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris next year. This was announced by Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera and French Minister of National Education and Youth Pape Ndiaye after the Olympic and Paralympic Week, which has been held every year since Paris received the right to host competitions in 2017.

As ORIENT has already reported, hockey players from the Ak Bars Kazan club system have arrived in Ashgabat to conduct joint training camps with the national team of Turkmenistan.

Former Russian mixed martial arts fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov announced on his Instagram about his return to the sport.

The team of Turkmen students in mini-football of the Yelabuga Institute of Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University became the winner of the republican stage of the championship of the Association of Student Sports Clubs (ASSC) of Russia 2022/2023. The competitions were held from February 20 to April 1, 2023 with the participation of 16 student teams from Tatarstan.

The International Testing Agency (ITA) has concluded a partnership agreement with the Regional Anti-Doping Organization for Central Asia (RADOCA).

Turkmen athletes, who have been awarded various medals at international tournaments since the beginning of the year, were solemnly presented with valuable gifts on behalf of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

A sports event was held at the Polytechnic Secondary Vocational School of the Turkmenaragatnashyk agency of the Transport and Communications Agency under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan.

The volleyball team of Turkmen students "Magtymguly Pyragy" of the Yelabuga Institute of Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University has won at the republican level of the championship of the Association of Student Sports Clubs (ACCC).

The Turkmenistan Football Championship starts on April 14 with the participation of nine clubs. Kopetdag and Shagadam will meet in the opening match of the tournament.