Turkmen athletes won 19 gold, 9 silver and 6 bronze medals at the International Taekwondo Tournament (ITF) that ended in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Chernyshenko, together with head of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, took part in the closing ceremony of the multi-sport tournament “Future Games”. It took place in Kazan in a unique format of a physical concert that brought together artists and digital performers. Movable programmable screens and projection surfaces have once again blurred the line between the real and virtual worlds.

The international hockey tournament starts in Ashgabat in two weeks, on April 15. The competition will be held in the capital's Winter Sports Complex until April 20.

On February 24, regional competitions in mixed martial arts and MMA were held in the city of Kharkov, Ukraine. The first place at the championship among athletes from 19 to 40 years old in the 93 kg weight category was won by a student of the Kharkov Polytechnic Institute, a citizen of Turkmenistan, Babageldi Khalimov. This was reported on the network page of the Turkmen embassy in Kyiv.

This is how experts assessed the event, which takes place in Russia from February 21 to March 3, 2024. For the first time in the history of world sports, Kazan is hosting the International Multisport Tournament “Future Games”. The new format games has brought together the strongest athletes on the planet, including from Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan and other countries of the Islamic world. In total, more than 2,000 participants from 277 teams representing 107 countries compete in the tournament.

At the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Astana, it was held a meeting with head of the Kazakhstan Equestrian Federation “JORYQ” Bakytzhan Turlybekov. He spoke about the project of organizing the international equestrian marathon “Uly dala zhorygy” (Great Field March) in connection with the upcoming World Nomad Games in Kazakhstan. The length of the marathon, in which at least 15 teams from different countries will take part is 500 kilometers.

The first league of the Turkmenistan chess championship ended on February 26 - an ordinary soldier of military unit No. 2112 of the State Border Service Allayar Shirliev (FIDE/Elo rating - 2111) won one of the most prestigious tournaments of the year. He scored 9 points out of 11 possible.

Judoka's from Turkmenistan won gold and silver medals at the Warsaw European Open 2024 open tournament, which ended in the capital of Poland, Warsaw.

Multisport tournament “Games of the Future”, which takes place in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, may become an annual event. The corresponding decision was announced by the head of the competition Igor Stolyarov.

Apple has launched a new iPhone app called Apple Sports.