Ashgabat hosts courses of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for football coaches to apply for a category "A" license, the website of the Football Federation of Turkmenistan reports.
Saudi Arabia has officially applied to host the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Asian Cup in 2026.
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) gathered 44 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) from five zones of the continent in Riyadh at the OCA/Olympic Solidarity Regional Forum on Sunday. The event, which is also attended by a representative of the NOC of Turkmenistan, will last until December 7.
Weightlifters from Turkmenistan won 8 medals at the international tournament in memory of multiple world, European and Olympic champion Naim Suleymanoglu, which ended in Ankara. This is reported by the State News Agency of Turkmenistan.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called the victory of the Japanese national team over Spain historic and admitted that he watched the match from the middle of the first half. The match started at 4 a.m. Tokyo time.
For the first time in the history of the Asian Games, China has presented an interactive platform for digital torchbearers of the Asian Games 2022, which will be held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province from September 23 to October 8, 2023. This is reported by China Daily.
On the previous day of the competition, experts predicted that the real balance of power would be determined by the second day of the blitz chess championship, since many of the leading players had not yet met each other by that time. But it turned out that the final day did not make any special changes in the standings. Almost everyone who took the lead at the beginning held their lead until the last game.
Ashgabat's Altyn Asyr II has won an early victory at the Turkmenistan Youth Football Championship in 2022, the Football Federation of Turkmenistan reports.
The two-day Turkmenistan Blitz Chess Championship has started in Ashgabat. 10 rounds were played on Saturday. Without going into details, we note that the composition of the participants in the blitz championship turned out to be more representative than the rapid – rapid chess championship that ended the day before.
Thai boxing masters from Turkmenistan have won five medals at an international tournament in Antalya, Turkey, the country's state news agency reports. Among the awards — one gold, three silver and one bronze.
The championship of Turkmenistan in rapid chess has ended. It lasted three days, during which there was everything: optimistic expectations and unfulfilled hopes, the anticipation of a close victory and the bitterness of defeat, confidence in predestination and the treachery of chance.
Iran won the match with Wales with a score of 2:0, thus securing second place in Group B at the 2022 World Cup. In addition, this is the first victory in the history of the Iranian national team, won over a European team at the World Cup.
Within the framework of the project "Healthy Football World Cup-2022 — creating a legacy for sport and health", the World Health Organization, the Ministry of Health of Qatar and the International Football Federation FIFA presented a new digital application to increase physical activity and promote the health of children and youth.
The games of the second day of the Turkmenistan Rapid Chess Championship were held on Thursday in the chess and checkers center of Ashgabat. How did the organizers of the tournament rate it?
The Turkmenistan rapid and blitz championship started on Wednesday in the chess and checkers center of Ashgabat. The tournament was long-awaited, as a long break (as the last three years seemed to be) due to the global pandemic disrupted the schedule of international and, as a result, domestic competitions. And the official rapid and blitz championships have never been held in Turkmenistan before.
