The ice field of the capital’s sport centre «Galkan» hosted a friendly hockey match between the national teams of Turkmenistan and Ashgabat. The match is the first event in the planned cycle of duels within the frames of preparations for VIII Winter Asian Games which will pass in the next year’s February in Sapporo (Japan).

The capital of Kazakhstan, Astana, hosted the World Belt Wrestling Championship among the juniors born in 1999-2001, where our athletes gained major success and won13 medals – 3 golden, 5 silver and 5 bronze ones. This ensured that our national team was second in the team overall event.

These days, Medyn’ town (the Russian Federation) hosts the World Universal Fighting Championship attended by about 300 competitors from 35 countries – Germany, France, Finland, China, Israel, Iran, etc. On the first day of competitions, Turkmen sportsmen won three bronze medals in the “light” fights (the fights with application of wrestle technique only).

The first ice hockey open championship started in the ice arena of the capital’s Winter Sports Complex in Ashgabat. Participants of the championship are the children under 16 and of 2005-2008 year of birth. Eight teams during six months will fight for the medals in several stages in a circular system.

A three-day visit to Turkmenistan has completed of the Physical Culture and Sports Main Department delegation of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan led by the head of organization - Mohammad Humayun Hairany. In the course of visit, the Afghan delegation members discussed with Turkmen specialists the issues of advancing bilateral partnership in sports and conducted the issue-related negotiations with representatives of the Executive Committee of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, the State Sports Committee, and others.

On the final day of the Men and Women World Sambo Championship held in the city of Sofia (Bulgaria), Turkmenistan won yet another award – bronze medal. The medalist is Novruz Atayev who competed in the combat sambo in the 52 kg weight category.

Our compatriots won six medals at the Karate and Sambo World Championships in Romania and Bulgaria.

On November 6, winners of the International 3x3 Basketball Tournament, held in the playing sports complex of the Olympic Village in Ashgabat, were announced. Our athletes won gold and silver medals in the men’s events, and high awards in the women’s group.

On November 3, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov on a working trip around the capital got acquainted with the situation in the Olympic Stadium, which less than in a year will be the main venue for the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.

Football players of the capital’s “Altyn asyr” team won the Championship of Turkmenistan. The team of the Ministry of Communications achieved this success earlier, five rounds before the championship’s end, after its closest opponent “Balkan” team missed points in the capital’s match against the “Ashgabat” – 2:2, and “Altyn asyr” outplayed “Shagadam” in the away game - 2:1.