Turkmenistan's "Galkan" hockey team started the international tournament in Ashgabat, opened today, with a big victory over the team from Bahrain, winning 8-1.

Today, the Turkmen capital hosted the opening ceremony of an international ice hockey tournament, in which club teams from ten countries in Europe and Asia take part.

Today, Turkmen capital will host a media forum in a conference hall of the Sport Hotel of the Olympic village, dedicated to the starting on April 15 the International Ice Hockey Tournament.

Today, on the instructions of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov in the sports complex of martial arts of the Ashgabat Olympic village the ceremony of celebration of victories of prize-winners of international competitions took place. Sportsmen who have gained good results, were presented with memorable gifts and the book by the President of Turkmenistan «Ýaşlar - Watanyň daýanjy» on behalf of the head of the state and National Leader of the Turkmen people Hero-Arkadag.

Representatives of Turkmenistan won six medals at the Para Powerlifting World Cup that ended in Dubai (United Arab Emirates).

Turkmen athletes won 34 medals at the international open championship in the non-Olympic version of ITF taekwondo held in Kuala Lumpur.

Today in the conference hall of the Sport Hotel in the Olympic Village a media forum was held dedicated to the results of the event that ended the day before XIV World Kurash Wrestling Championship.

Today, the 14th World Kurash Championship, which brought together representatives from four continents of the planet - Asia, Africa, Europe as well as South and North America, was completed in triumph at the Martial Arts Sports Complex of the Olympic village of the capital city.

Today, competitions in the program of the 14th World Kurash Championship started in the Martial Arts Sports Complex of the Olympic village of the capital.

Today, the opening ceremony of the 14th World Kurash Wrestling Championship took place in the Turkmen capital. This event became a new striking evidence of the transformation of Ashgabat into a recognized international sports center, broad support from the International Kurash Association (IKA) implemented under the leadership of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, as well as the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Hero-Arkadag for a targeted strategy for the development of physical culture and sports, which is one of the priority areas of state policy of Turkmenistan.