VII International Martial Arts Games including competitions in 15 martial arts have started in Minsk.

Our young athletes showed excellent results at the international competitions that take place in Antalya, Turkey as part of the archery training session. In particular, in 18 meter-distance archery competitions the gold medal was awarded to Ezizmuhammet Sahedov, a 4th year pupil of general school No. 27 of Ashgabat city. Mekanhan Yazberdiyev, a 10th year pupil of genera school No. 12 of Ashgabat city won the silver medal.

The National Institute of Sports and Tourism of Turkmenistan hosted the opening ceremony of the 9th Student Games held among students of higher educational institutions of Turkmenistan under the motto “Turkmenistan is the country of health and inspiration!”, and the 9th National Sports Contest between students of general and vocational schools, employees of ministries and sectoral agencies, the teams of velayats and the city of Ashgabat.

Conference hall of the Sport Hotel in the Olympic village of the capital hosted honouring ceremony of Turkmen sambo wrestler Gulbadam Babamuratova who won the gold at the 41st World Sambo Championship in Sochi (Russian Federation). 26 year old Honoured Master of Sports achieved impressive victories in the weight category up to 52 kg.

In the match between the national teams of Turkmenistan and the Chinese Taipei in Balkanabat, one of 24 teams to take part in the competition for the Football Cup of the Asian continent was determined. That was the team of Turkmenistan!

At the tournament of the Cup of Association of Chess Federations in memory of Michael Botvinnik among the strongest chess players of the CIS countries under 14 which took place in Moscow our compatriot Azat Nurmamedov who yielded to the winner - Moldavian Ivan Skitsko just all half-point, became a silver prize-winner. Master of FIDE, schoolboy of the Ashgabat chess and draughts school Azat Nurmamedov - the champion of Asia-2016 among juniors under 13 and silver prize-winner of the world championship.

Today, after its opening ceremony, Turkmenistan’s first golf club hosted the country’s first-ever golf exhibition tournament.

At the past week-end names of winners of competitions in sports climbing in discipline ""speed climbing"" became known. The tournament organised by the State Sports Committee of Turkmenistan jointly with the khyakimlik of Archabil etrap of the capital, it took place at the climbing wall on the slopes of the Markou in the Kopet Dagh. It is already the second championship for the current year: in spring competitions in this sport in discipline ""lead climbing"" was held.

Athletes of the country’s national kurash team undergo the final training session in one of the most picturesque places in Turkmenistan - Goekdere resort as part of preparation for the Games “Ashgabat 2017”, during which the best wrestlers will be determined.

Within the preparation for the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games the draw was held for the futsal tournament. The national team of Turkmenistan which acts in group ""A"", will compete with teams from Vietnam, Taipei (China), Hong Kong (China) and Solomon Islands. It should be noted that in the «Ashgabat 2017» the futsal tournament is one of the most anticipated ones.