On February 13, the national boxing championship will start in Ashgabat. As organizers of competitions the Federation of Boxing of Turkmenistan, the Ministry of Sports and the Youth Policy and also the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations act.

Representatives of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) and the “Coca-cola” company – the traditional sponsor of the largest competitions of this sport, arrived by a special flight at the Capital International Airport. As part of the world tour, held ahead of the 2018 World Cup, for the first time guests brought to Turkmenistan.one of the main football trophies of the planet – the FIFA World Cup.

Our sportsmen won two bronze medals at the 8th Indoor Field and Track Asian Championship in Iran (the Islamic Republic of Iran).

Having won the Kyrgyzstan Cup holder, Dordoy team (Bishkek), in two matches the Akhal Football Club has successfully passed a first qualifying stage of the Asian Football Confederation Cup tournament.

Successfully acting at prestigious international tournaments, our athletes in the beginning of year have secured national sports with medals of various coins.

The Silver Medalist of the Turkmenistan Championship and the Cup Holder of the country, the “Akhal” Football Club played on January 23 in Bishkek in the qualifying match of the “AFC-2018 Cup”. Its competitor was the “Bishkek Dordoi” (holder of the Cup of Kyrgyzstan).

Turkmenistan Futsal Championship ended up by the victory of Talyp Sport team. In the final, the student team won Ak Bugday from Ahal Velayat with 11:2 score.

The country’s Skyrunning Cup Tournament finished in Ashgabat. The final round of the tournament, which determined the winners of 2017, was a race on the Health Path in the discipline Sky Race, organized by the Mountaineering Club “Agama” under the auspices of the State Sports Committee, and held on the occasion of the International Day of Neutrality and the International Day of Mountains. Yazgeldy Odeniyazov in the men’s group and Nadziya Kostova in the women’s group became the Cup winners.

The last day of the World Kurash Championship in Istanbul (Turkey) brought another two medals to Turkmenistan National team.

Turkmenistan National team continue successful performance at the World Powerlifting Championship in Anaheim. Our sportsmen won another three silver medals.