The first team against which the national team of Turkmenistan will play at the upcoming Central Asian Championship (U-12) in tennis, which will be held from June 5 to 9 in Ashgabat, has been determined.

At the zonal championship that ended in Dushanbe, international master Saparmyrat Atabayev finished third. Zone 3.4 is one of the eight zones belonging to the Asian Chess Federation, and includes five Central Asian countries and Afghanistan.

The coaching staff of the Turkmenistan national tennis team announced the final composition of the national team for the Central Asian Championship among boys and girls under 12 years old, which will be held from June 5 to 9 in Ashgabat.

The capital of Kazakhstan will host the Asian and Oceania Sambo Championship in 2023. Competitions will be held from June 7 to 11 at the Beeline Arena among adults, juniors and juniors, boys and girls, as well as masters.

On June 3, the Chandybil Highway will be partially closed in Ashgabat and the Bitaraplyk Avenue will be almost completely closed for a mass cycling event dedicated to the World Bicycle Day.

The head coach of the French "Paris Saint-Germain" Christophe Galtier announced that the Argentine forward Lionel Messi will leave the football club at the end of the season, according to RIA Novosti.

The winners of the Olympic Games in Tajikistan will receive a lifetime cash allowance. Payments are provided to athletes who won medals during the period of independence of the country. This procedure has already been approved by the Government of Tajikistan, and the law will come into force on January 1, 2024, MIR 24 reports.

The draw for the qualifying round of the 2024 Asian Youth Cup was held in Kuala Lumpur. The Olympic team of Turkmenistan (U-23) got into Group K, where Indonesia and Taiwan will become its rivals, the official website of the country's Football Federation reports.

Turkmen wrestlers of freestyle and Greco-Roman styles will take part in the international youth tournament Dumitru Pirvulescu & Vasile Iorga-2023, which will be held from May 25 to May 30 in Bucharest (Romania).

The first open Cup of the Turkmenistan Curling Federation among mixed pairs born in 2008 and younger took place in Ashgabat at the ice arena of the Palace of Winter Sports.