Everyone has to start somewhere, and for Christof Jr Hofmann it all began in front of a television set. The Filipino is participating in Belt Wrestling at the Ashgabat 2015 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, but back home he is a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. He only started Belt Wrestling two months ago by watching videos of matches and trying to copy the moves on the mat using Judo belts. “The Philippines wanted us to be here, to learn this art,” said the 27-year-old. “This...

We will remember for a long time the opening ceremony of V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. It lasted for around three and half hour but seemed to be like magic minutes. The heads of the states, leaders of official delegations, numerous guests, representatives of foreign mass media, everyone were ravished with grandiose show made by thousands of performers.  The spectators, who filled 45-thousand seats Olympic Stadium, have been watching live pictures of Turkmens’ history, glorious heroes...

Turkmen team continues the fight for awards at the V Asian indoor and martial arts games. This day also pleased with successful performances and regular medals, won by our athletes. Performances in competitions on wrestling on belts, Thai boxing, billiards, track and field athletics, wrestling “kurash” brought places on the pedestal of honor to the Turkmen.  On the fifth day of the Games, our national team's asset was increased by 38 medals, including 10 gold medals. Turkmenistan consolidates...

Foreign diplomats who made large contribution to establishment of trustful relations and expansion of multi aspect cooperation of the states they represented with Turkmenistan are among the guests invited to the opening ceremony of Ashgabat 2017 Games. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan Vahdat Sultan-zade, who worked in our country as counsellor form 2006 and after, from 2010 to 2015 as a Head of Azerbaijan diplomatic mission, is among them. For all these...

Honored Cultural Worker of Turkmenistan, director of Galkynysh National Equestrian Group Pygy Bairamdurdyev, who had the honor of lighting the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games flame, has given an interview:  - The whole history of the Turkmen nation has been inseparably linked with Alkhalteke horses. The Turkmen say: “My horse is my wings”. The Akhalteke horse is the wings of the Turkmen, the treasured possession that rapidly accelerated the march of history. This explains why the Ashg...

Farrukh Dustov (UZB) is the unseeded danger man that nobody wanted to draw in the Indoor Tennis Singles at the Ashgabat 2017 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games - and on Tuesday, the imposing Uzbek demonstrated why. The 193-centimetre tall Dustov had just crashed into the world’s top 100 two-and-a-half years ago and felt he could be careering towards the summit of the sport when he injured his right wrist when diving for a ball during a 2015 Davis Cup match. It led to nine dispiriting...

Qatar's 3x3 Basketball team comes into the Ashgabat 2017 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games ambitious, confident but humble. The Qatar team makes their debut in the competition on Wednesday 20 September against Samoa and they are considered main contenders to go all the way. Their star player, Tanguy Ngombo, one of the most decorated players to appear at Ashgabat 2017 because of his successful career in 5x5 Basketball and his selection at the NBA draft, revealed the team's state of mind...