The Turkmenistan national football team has risen by 5 positions in the updated FIFA ranking. Turkmenistan now holds 137th place in the world ranking of national teams. The Philippines are positioned above Turkmenistan, while Botswana is just below.
The Curaçao national team has achieved a historic milestone by qualifying for the FIFA World Cup for the first time, becoming the smallest nation ever to reach the tournament. The island is home to only about 156,000 people, allowing Curaçao to surpass Iceland’s previous record.
The opponent of FC Arkadag in Group B of the AFC Champions League 2 may replace its head coach. According to the website stadion.uz, the Uzbek club Andijan is planning to dismiss its current head coach, Maksim Shatskikh, and appoint Samvel Babayan in his place.
The Turkmenistan national football team recorded another win in the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers, defeating Chinese Taipei 3–1 in a match held in the city of Arkadag.
The Norwegian national team qualified for the World Cup finals for the first time since 1998. In their final match of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, which will be held in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Norway defeated Italy 4-1 to take first place in their group.
From 9 to 15 November, the 9th International Chess Tournament organized by the Mersin Municipality was held in the city of Mersin, Turkey. A total of 360 chess players from 19 countries took part in the event.
The Principality Stadium in Cardiff (Wales) will host the official opening of Euro 2028, Daily Mail reports. The semi-finals and final will take place at London’s Wembley Stadium.
In the latest match of the international tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation, Arkadag hosted Qatar's Al Ahli
Seventeen-year-old Timur Arazmedov from Turkmenistan took part in the Malaysian Rubik's Cube Speed Solving Competition, setting 12 national records. The tournament, held on November 1-2 in the state of Selangor, near Kuala Lumpur, brought together 186 top speedcubers from across Malaysia, as well as participants from China, Singapore, Egypt, and France
One of the most significant tournaments on the national chess calendar, the Turkmenistan Chess Federation Cup, concluded in Ashgabat. It took place from October 19th to 27th at the capital's Specialized Chess and Checkers School
Saudi Arabia has announced the construction of NEOM Sky Stadium — the world’s first football arena which will be located on the roof of a skyscraper
Turkmenistan will be represented by a team of school students at the prestigious international robotics competition “First Global Challenge 2025” in the Republic of Panama
The delegation of Turkmenistan is participating in the 10th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the International Convention Against Doping in Sport (COP10), held from October 20 to 22 at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.
From October 7 to 12, 2025, the fourth stage of the prestigious Grand Prix Series of the Turkmenistan Chess Federation (TCF) was held for the first time in the city of Mary
The Turkmenistan national team successfully competed at the World Youth and Junior Sambo Championships, held for the first time in Bogor, Indonesia. The competition brought together more than 370 athletes from 34 countries. Turkmen athletes won two gold, three silver, and two bronze medals—a total of seven awards
