A high assessment of the work done to prepare for the 2023 World Cup was voiced today at the congress of the International Kurash Association (IKA), uniting 118 national federations from Asia (32), Africa (22), Europe (33), North and South America (22) and Oceania (9).

Today, in the conference hall of the capital's «Sport» Hotel, the international media forum «World Kurash Championship - in the world media» was held, which brought together the leaders of the International Kurash Association (IKA), the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports, and the NOC of Turkmenistan before the opening of the 2023 World Cup , representatives of domestic and world media.

Ashgabat once again becomes the venue for the next major sports tournament. According to the Decree of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, the Olympic Park of our white marble capital city will host the 14th World Kurash Wrestling Championship from November 23 to 28, which is to write another vivid page in the history of Turkmen sports.

A few days remain until the start of the 14th World Kurash Wrestling Championship in Ashgabat, which, we can already say, will go down in history as one of the major sporting events of the year.

The next issue begins with an article about the working visit of National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to Tajikistan.

Today, on the occasion of the opening of the city of Arkadag, the first ever football match was held at the stadium put into operation here, in which the local team of the same name met with the current champion of Turkmenistan «Ahal». The game, although it had the status of a friendly, aroused increased interest among football fans, who filled the stands of the 10,000-seat arena to capacity.

Today, the city of Arkadag hosted an International Football Coaching Seminar dedicated to the opening of Turkmenistan's first "smart" city. It was organized by the State Committee of Turkmenistan for Physical Culture and Sports and the Football Federation of the country.

A sports infrastructure has been created in Arkadag, Turkmenistan's first "smart" city that promotes healthy lifestyle principles in society.

The closing ceremony of the Central Asian Team Tennis Championship among boys and girls under 12 years old was held in the Turkmen capital today.

Tennis players from Turkmenistan have defeated Uzbek team for the first time in history at the Asian Championship for boys and girls under 12 years old, which is ongoing in Ashgabat.