The Qatar national team defeated Iran in the semi-finals of the Asian Cup with a score of 2:3. Goals for the Qataris were scored by Jassem Abdulsallam in the 17th minute, Akram Afif in the 43rd and Ali Almoes in the 82nd from the penalty spot. The Iranians responded with goals from Serdar Azmoun in the 4th minute and Alireza Jahanbakhsh in the 51st from the penalty spot.

On Tuesday, February 6, at the stadium in Al-Rayyan, the Jordanian national team made it to the Asian Cup final for the first time in its history. The Jordanians defeated the South Korean team with a score of 2:0.

The main tournament with the classic time control of the championship of Turkmenistan among youth under 14, 16 and 18 years has passed the equator. There are 4 rounds left before the end of the classics tournament, which promise to give the chess fans the heat of passion.

On February 3, the match of the 1/4 finals of the Asian Cup took place, where the national teams of Qatar and Uzbekistan met. The game at the El Bayt Stadium in Qatar ended with a score of 1:1 in regular and extra time. The Qataris were stronger in the penalty shootout (3:2).

MetLife Stadium in New Jersey will host the final of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be held throughout North America - in the USA, Mexico and Canada, the FIFA press service reports.

The largest tournament in the history of Turkmen chess ended today at the Ashgabat Chess and Draughts School. 310 children aged 6 to 12 years old won prizes in the categories up to 8, 10 and 12 years old.

Seven-year-old Charyhekim Charyev from Ashgabat and 10-year-old Aya Bayramova from Turkmenabat ahead of schedule became champions in their age categories before the last round of the Turkmenistan Chess Championship among cadets held in Ashgabat.

After the fourth round of the Turkmenistan Classic Chess Championship among children under 8, 10 and 12 years old, which ended on Wednesday, January 31, the favorites hold the lead.

The midfielder of the Turkmenistan national football team, the player of the Hong Kong club "Kitchee" Ruslan Mingazov will play in a friendly match against the American professional football club "Inter Miami", for which Lionel Messi plays. This was announced by FC Kitchee.

Last week, the matches of the third round of the group stage and the first playoff games were played. We present to your attention a brief overview of the results of last week's matches: