The third day of the XVIII Summer Asian Games was marked by wonderful event. Our weightlifter Kristina Shermetova has won silver medal in the weight category up to 53 kg.

Sportsmen from Turkmenistan took part in free style wrestling and swimming competitions in the first day of the XVIII Summer Asian Games, which opening ceremony was held at Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia.

The capital of Indonesia, Jakarta, welcomed the Turkmenistan National Team that arrived to participate in the 18th Asian Summer Games.

Representatives of sport delegation of Turkmenistan took part in the opening ceremony of XVIII Summer Asian Games. It was held at eh Bung Carno Stadium of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia.

A conference hall of the National Sport and Tourism Institute has hosted an official send-off ceremony for the Turkmen national team heading to the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta, to participate in the 18th Asian Games (August 18 - September 2).

Turkmen masters of jujitsu have won almost twenty medals of Asian Championship held in Aktau (the Republic of Kazakhstan). Around 400 sportsmen from 20 countries took part in the tournament.

Turkmen sportsmen won two medals at the Open Asian Judo Tournament that has just finished in Chinese Taipei. Around two hundred sportsmen from 23 countries representing practically all regional confederations took part in the competitions.

Honoured Coach of Turkmenistan Orif Bukharakov has been re-elected for another four-year period to the post the Vice-president of the World Cabaddi Federation at the congress of this organization in Dubai (UAE).

Head quarter of the Asian Football Confederation in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) held the award ceremony of winners of regional tournaments of 2018 AFC Cup.

The development of sport in Turkmenistan is one of the national ideas and priority tasks of the state, the leadership of which applies every effort to achieve the goals"", said Viatcheslav Ekimov, President of the Russian Cycling Federation, Russian former professional racing cyclist, six-time world champion, triple Olympic gold medalist famous cyclist six times world champion, three-time Olympic champion, a record-holder. In 2017, he joined the Professional Sports Council of the International Cycling Union.