Almost 300 young chess players, who have gathered in Ashgabat from all regions of the country, are fighting at the board in the fight for the title of national champion. National championships are held in three age categories - up to 8, 10 and 12 years, separately among boys and girls.

Saudi Arabia will host the 2023 Club World Cup, which will be held from 12 to 22 December. This is reported by the Football Federation of the country.

13 National Olympic Committees of Asia (NOCs) have launched a program to attract and train athletes.

The issues of enhancing bilateral cooperation in the field of sports were discussed during the meeting of the Chairman of the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports of Turkmenistan Gulmyrat Agamyradov with the Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to Turkmenistan Vyacheslav Beskosty. This is reported by the website of the diplomatic mission of Belarus in Turkmenistan.

Turkmen freestyle athletes won 11 medals at the open international wrestling tournament in memory of A. Azizov, held from 11 to 12 February in Baku.

Turkmen track and field athletes consisting of five athletes completed their performance at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, held on February 10-12 in Astana (Kazakhstan).

In the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka, the opening stage of the World Championship for juniors under 14 in lawn tennis for the Asia and Oceania region - 2023 World Junior Tennis Competition took place. The best tennis players from 15 countries take part in this stage - Bangladesh, Turkmenistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Nepal, Cambodia, Mongolia, Yemen, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Macau, Saudi Arabia and the Pacific Oceania team.

The national team of Turkmenistan in judo will take part in the Grand Slam tournament, which will be held in Tel Aviv from 16 to 18 February.

Real Madrid won the World Club Championship for the fifth time, which was held in Morocco, beating Saudi Al-Hilal 5-3 in the final.

Judoka of the national team of Turkmenistan Hekim Agamamedov won a bronze medal at the European Judo Open in the weight category up to 66 kg, which was held on February 11-12 in Sofia (Bulgaria).