27.07.2021

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Turkmen athlete Kristina Shermetova ranks among six strongest weightlifters in the up to 55 kg weight category at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Representatives of 14 countries competed for medals in this group.

26.07.2021

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Perhaps it is difficult to find a more legendary figure in the history of domestic sports than Marat Niyazov. Over half a century ago, he was the first Turkmen athlete to pave the path to the most coveted pedestal for every athlete in the world, winning a silver medal in the shooting competition at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.

25.07.2021

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From September 11 to September 15 (Russia) the International festival of school sports of the states-participants CIS will be held in the Ulyanovsk region. By tradition the teams from Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Byelorussia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Russia will show their skill in such sports, as mini-football, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, badminton and chess. An important part of the festival is the cultural-educational program in which frameworks participants will be acquainted with national traditions of residents of the region, enjoy excursion to sights and museums of the region and also master classes from outstanding sportsmen.

24.07.2021

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The schedule of performance of Turkmen sportsmen in the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo has been determined. The national team of Turkmenistan is represented in the Games by nine sportsmen in four sports - weightlifting, judo, swimming and track and field athletics (hammer throwing).

23.07.2021

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The other day in Serbia ended an international tournament organized by the Serbian Chess Federation - International OPEN "Paracin 2021". Chess players from different countries competed in two categories - in "A" the strongest athletes fought for prizes, and in "B" - amateurs of this sport.

14.07.2021

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Not everyone has heard of ‘chovgan’ or knows what it is. It is an incredibly compelling and exciting game played on horseback, an extraordinary addiction to national festivities, which has helped young Turkmen warriors in tactic training from ancient times.

23.06.2021

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Every year on June 23, according to the established tradition all over the world, including in Turkmenistan, the International Olympic Day is celebrated. The idea of creating a special celebration for the Olympic Movement around the world first came up in 1947. The restoration of the Olympic Games was initiated by Baron Pierre de Coubertin. The goal of celebrating International Olympic Day is to popularize sports around the world and to involve everyone in the sports movement, regardless of age, gender, athletic ability and skill level.

17.06.2021

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«When I was 9 years old, my family and I decided to go to Turkmenistan, to visit relatives», says 26-year-old Serdar Azmun, an Iranian footballer of Turkmen origin, in an exclusive interview with the Internet program «Pishgoo», which is very popular in Iran. The host of the program, Pejman Jamshidi, is no less competent in this topic, since he himself is a former Iranian professional football player and a current famous actor and TV presenter in Iran.

15.06.2021

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According to the plans for sporting events of the Ministry of Sports and Youth Policy of Turkmenistan, approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, an international online tournament, the Eurasia Cup in karate-do was held from May 22 to 23, 2021 in the city of Uralsk, the Republic of Kazakhstan.  

09.06.2021

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Football players of Turkmenistan national team have won Lebanon 3:2 in qualifying match of 20222 World Cup, which was held in Korean Goyang under central tournament in H Group. Zafar Babajanov (60th minute), Guychmurad Annakuliyev (86th minute) and Altymurad Annadurdiyev (90+2) were the ones who scored the goals in our team. Rabi Ataya (74th minute) and Suni Saad (76th minute0 have distinguished themselves among the lost team.