Turkmen sportsmen arrived in the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku to participate in the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games to be held from 12 to 22 of May. Complex competitions, where 20 medal events will be held, have assembled more than 3 thousand athletes from 57 countries – Egypt, Indonesia, Bangladesh, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Gambia, Yemen, etc. Competitions will be held on the basis of the modern sports facilities, built for first European Games in 2015.

The capital of China held the 21st Football Tournament among the personnel of foreign countries’ embassies and accredited international organizations where Turkmen Embassy team became the leader. In the final match, our compatriots confidently won the representative of the Embassy of the Russian Federation with 5:1 score.

Baton Rouge (Louisiana, USA) hosted international hanmudo (Korean martial art) seminar with particioation of the leading masters of this style from different countries including Turkmenistan. Chairman of National Hanmudo Martial Art Federation Orif Bukharakov, who passed qualification test during training session and received black belt (III dan), represented our country.

Young Turkmen chess players have won two silver medals at the World School Chess Championship in the city of Iasi (Romania), where several hundred sportsmen from some 40 countries arrived to compete. Azat Nurmammedov (under 15) from the city of Ashgabat and Farkhad Kazimov (under 17) from the city of Mary have become silver medalists.

Our fellow countrymen have performed successfully at the Ashihara Karate Open Eurasian Cup. Some 200 karatekas from 15 countries competed for medals in the harshest martial art at the tournament in Budapest (Hungary). In our team Farkhat Jumaev has achieved the best result and won a gold medal. Muhammet Nurgeldiev has become a silver medal winner. Izzat Tairov and Myahri Khajieva are bronze medalists.

During the patriotic action devoted to the year of health and inspiration, its participants with the brand of the Asian indoor and martial arts games -2017 visited noteworthy places in every velayat of Turkmenistan. The State News Agency and Executive committee for preparation for the 5th Asian indoor and martial arts games have acted as organizers of the project. This action urged to popularise the tourist potential of the country the capital of which will host the forthcoming large scale competitions of the best athletes of Asia and the Oceania in the autumn.

Asian Kickboxing championship finished in the Martial Arts Complex of the Olympic village. Turkmen sportsmen were the first in total count. Out compatriots won 27 gold, 25 silver and 23 bronze medals.

The International Akhal-Teke Equestrian Complex hosted the most prestigious competitions of the race season, which are held every year for the Turkmen Horse Festival.

Almost 300 athletes from 17 countries compete for medals in the kickboxing tournament held in six combat categories – point fighting, semi-contact, kick light, low kick, full contact, and musical form style. Yesterday Turkmen athletes confidently topped the medal chart with six gold medals (for comparison, their closest pursuers, the Iran national team, had only two medal

H.Toychyyev, the Turkmen weightlifter, stepped on the top of podium after he won the Snatch title in the men’s 105+ kg, having lifted 197 kg. Not only did he seal his victory, but also set the new Turkmenistan record that outweighed the previous one he set at the World Championship in Houston (USA) by 7 kg.