On April 7, 2017 at the “Avaza” National Tourist Zone, it will be held the International Sports Congress “The 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games: international sports cooperation for peace and progress.” The State Sports Committee, Executive Preparations Committee for the 5th AIMAG and the MFA of Turkmenistan will organize the forum.

Leyla Shohradova is a bronze winner of the Asian Chess Championship among the juniors up to 18 years old in Tashkent. Leyla was competing in rapid discipline among the children up to 10 years old.

The national volleyball team of Turkmenistan has won silver medals at the 3rd Asian Central Zone Volleyball Championship, which took place in the capital of the Republic of Maldives. In the final, our athletes lost to the team from Kyrgyzstan, which became the championship winner.

At the international fencing tournament ""Blades of Alatau"" in Almaty (Kazakhstan), our compatriot Ahmet Agayev won a bronze medal in the discipline ""sword"" in men's competitions.

Turkmen athletes successfully performed at the international tournament in traditional karate in Prague (the Czech Republic). About 500 athletes from different countries took part in the competitions of the masters of oriental martial art. Awards were competed in several disciplines, individual and team fights, kata (complex exercises) and Enbu (show fights).

The National Institute of Sports and Tourism hosted a practical conference on the 5th Indoor and Martial Arts Asian Games that related to the issues of considering the symbols of the Games, training of Turkmen athletes and volunteers, communications activity and marketing promotion of the AIMAG-2017 project among foreign media.

Running on the top of Dushakerikdag (2482) in the range of the Kopet Dagh was started by competition for the Cup of Turkmenistan in skyrunning. Here for the third year the Cup of Turkmenistan in this entertainment discipline of mountaineering is held under the aegis of the state sports committee with assistance the clubs of mountaineers ""Agama"" and ""Mert"", and also the khyakimlik of Archabil etrap of Ashgabat city.

In the international chess tournament «Budapest Spring Festival» Turkmen sportsmen won three awards - two gold and silver. The competitions held by the Swiss system in nine rounds and brought together about 140 participants from 40 countries.

Turkmen masters of kickboxing have excellently performed in the large international tournament in the capital of Latvia - Riga. Practitioners of honoured coach of Turkmenistan, chief instructor of the national team Alexander Snagovsky have secured 29 medals, 16 of which gold, eight - silver and five - bronze for the sports achievements of the country.

In the world mixed martial arts championship in the city of Antalya (Turkey) which brought together over thousands of sportsmen from 40 countries, Turkmen sportsmen won seven gold medals, one - silver and five - bronze.