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.

Turkmenistan wrestlers won seven medals at the World Kurash Championship in Istanbul. Our team has brought the strongest wrestlers who are the prize-winners of the V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games that were held in Ashgabat in September.

VII International Martial Arts Games, where Turkmen National taekwondo team won two bronze medals in team competition and one bronze medal in personal offset, have finished in Minsk.

Turkmenistan National team put first medals on its account at the World Powerlifting Championship in Anaheim, USA. Our compatriot, student of National Institute of Sports and Tourism Kristina Shermetova won three medals in women weight category until 53 kilogramme – two bronze medals in clean-and-jerk and snatch and one silver medal in total count.