Today saw competition in 12 sports, including medal events in 8 of them. This day our national team took 27 medals including 10 gold in belt wrestling, kurash and billiard.  Turkmenistan National Team maintains a confident lead on the table with a total of 175 medals, 69 of which are gold, 51 are silver and 55 are bronze.  Competition continues in belt wrestling with freestyle alysh. Our athletes showed their excellent skills, 12 wrestlers advancing to the finals. By the end of the day, th...

Члены команды беженцев, которые участвовали на V Азиатских играх в закрытых помещениях и по боевым искусствам, выразили надежду на то, что в будущем им откроются двери для участия в соревнованиях мирового уровня.   Пять спортсменов – Пауло Амотун Локоро, Виюал Пуок Денг, Гай Янг Тап, Укук Утху Бул и  Йек Пур Биель – были отобраны для участия в Играх «Ашхабад 2017» после отборочных соревнований, организованных под эгидой «Фонда мира», основанного Теглой Лорупе в Найроби, Кения.      Биель,...

Aleksandr Pashkov believes it is time for Turkmenistan's 3x3 Basketball team to come of age ahead of their final Group B game against Iraq. The two sides meet on Friday September 22 at the 3x3 Basketball Arena, with the experienced Pashkov keen to make his side's shock defeat against Lebanon a distant memory and add to their subsequent crushing victory over Tajikistan. “This is a tough competition and several good teams will be fighting for the medals," he said. "We also have to deal with...

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...