The Russian national football team refused to participate in the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) championship. This was stated by the Secretary General of the Russian Football Union Maxim Mitrofanov, reports TASS.

FC Arkadag won the first ever victory in the second round of the Major League of Turkmenistan.

The national futsal team of Turkmenistan will compete in the qualifying tournament of the Asian Cup-2024. The qualifying matches will be held from 2 to 13 October.

Competitions in seven sports will be held within the framework of the II Games of the CIS countries, which Minsk will host, BelTA reports with reference to Maxim Voropai, head of the Main Department of Sports and Tourism of the Minsk City Executive Committee. According to him, the readiness of the capital for the Games is high.

The Organizing Committee of the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon-do (Republic of Korea) has launched a program to recruit volunteers for the competition.

Turkmen athlete Ilima Guseynova was awarded a silver medal at the final stage of the Asian Tennis Championship, which was held in Bhubaneswar, India.

The Turkmenistan national swimming team will take part in the qualifying tournament for the World Championship, which will be held from July 14 to 30 in Fukuoka (Japan). This was reported to the ORIENT correspondent by the country's Aquatics Federation.

The International Kurash Federation has signed a partnership agreement with the International Testing Agency (ITA) aimed at providing a high-quality anti-doping program.

Based on the information provided by the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports, ORIENT presents an announcement of sports events that will take place in Turkmenistan from April 17 to 23.

Minsk has been declared the sports capital of the CIS in 2023, and next year, 2024, this status will be transferred to the Armenian city of Gyumri. This decision was made by the heads of the foreign ministries of the Commonwealth countries at a meeting in Samarkand.