The Guinness Book of World Records has recognized a new achievement: Swedes Emil Ulsson and Fredrik Nilsson, known as the Spin Duo, held the longest continuous table tennis tournament in a basement. It lasted 13 hours, 37 minutes, and 6 seconds, reports United Press International.

The flame of the 9th Asian Winter Games has been lit in Harbin, located in Heilongjiang Province in northeastern China.

On the evening of January 19th, a ceremonial start to the 2025 World Rally Championship (WRC) season took place at the Casino Square in Monaco. Leaders, partners, drivers, and co-drivers gathered on the eve of the 93rd Monte Carlo Rally to hold a presentation and share their expectations.

A 23-year-old student from Changji University in China broke the world record for jumping rope in 1 minute, the official website of the Guinness Book of Records reported. He did it 388 times, that is, more than 6 jumps per second

The nine-time national champion ice hockey club "Galkan" of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan has once again achieved a decisive victory in the national championship.

Real Madrid defeated Las Palmas in a home match of the 20th round of the Spanish Football Championship

Russian Islam Makhachev defeated Brazilian Renato Moicano in the main fight at UFC 311 in Inglewood (USA, California)

The Turkmenistan women's futsal team won 4:3 against Kuwait in the third round of the 2025 Asian Cup qualifiers. The match was held as part of the group stage in Tashkent, where all Group C games are taking place

American student Eddie Xu used special digital glasses that allowed him to receive tips from artificial intelligence at a chess tournament. He wrote about this on his page on the social network X (former Twitter)

The Asian Fencing Championship will commence in February in Kuwait. Turkmen athletes will participate in the tournament in the cadet (under 17) and junior (under 21) age categories.