International sports congress entitled “Asiada-2017: International Cooperation in Sports for the Sake of Peace and Progress” will be held in Avaza on 7 April.

World Jujitsu Junior Tournament, where Turkmen sportsmen showed good result and won one gold, one silver and two bronze medals, was completed in the capital of Greece. The success was achieved in “ne-vaza” discipline (wrestling version of Japanese martial art).

Within the framework of ""Ascent"" project organized jointly by the State News Agency (TDH) and the Executive Committee for the preparation of 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, the symbol of the Asian Games-2017 and the State Flag of the country were erected on the mountain peaks of Turkmenistan.

Enhancement of cooperation between Turkmenistan and Qatar is of particular importance given that Ashgabat will host the V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in 2017.

Enhancement of cooperation between Turkmenistan and Qatar is of particular importance given that Ashgabat will host the V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in 2017.

Within the scope of preparation for the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, National Sport Dance Team of Turkmenistan proceeds to completion the training camp in the Republic of Belarus, Mogilev city. At the International Sport Dance Competition, held here on February 26, the Turkmen athletes Alexander Sisekin and Valeria Nepomnyaschaya took the 2nd place.

National hockey team of Turkmenistan has returned from Japan, where recently VIII Asian Winter Games have been completed. As previously reported, our countrymen, performing in such comprehensive representative competitions for the first time, have won the “small” gold medals among the participants of the second division.

The capital of Malaysia Kuala Lumpur hosted XIX Conference of the Asian Association Sports Press, which was attended by representatives of our country.

As part of the “Ascent” Project, co-organized by the State Information Agency (TDH) and the Executive Committee of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, the 2017 Asian Games symbol and the State Flag have been planted on the highest summits of Turkmenistan.

Turkmenistan’s national ice hockey team clinched a win in second division tournament at the 8th Winter Asian Games in Sapporo, Japan. Today, in the final match, they confidently beat the Kyrgyzstan team with a 7:3 score and secured a spot in the first division at Asiada–2021.