The ceremony of raising the flags of Turkmenistan and the Olympic Council of Asia took place in the Olympic Village in Ashgabat. The event marked another step that moves the day, when the solemn ceremony of opening the V Asian Indoor and Martial Games will take place at the Olympic Village with the participation of dozens thousands of sportsmen, sports fans and spectators, closer.  We expect the arrival of high-ranking honorary guests, heads of states, prominent political figures, and heads o...

Despite being one of the most popular sports in the country, it will surprise many to know that the Turkmenistan Billiards & Snooker Federation (TBSF) was only founded in 2015. But even before the Federation was formalised, four Turkmen players had taken part in the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Incheon, South Korea. All of them — Batyr Asyrow, Begenc Aydogdyyew, Kamaladdin Babayew and Bayramgeldi Cakanow — will once again don the national colours to join several other players t...

The decision to allow Oceania nations to compete in the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games for the first time has opened the continent’s door to one of world sport’s traditional heavyweight nations. Australia have been consistently performing well on the international level for decades, and will take their place on the Ashgabat 2017 roster alongside 64 other delegations who are set to arrive this week in the Turkmenistan capital of Ashgabat ahead of Sunday’s Opening Ceremony. Eighteen...

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov has received Minister of Al-Diwan Al-Amiri Affairs of the State of Kuwait Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Appreciative of the generous hospitality shown to him in Turkmenistan, the guest relayed cordial greetings from the friendly country’s head Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who had sent the head of Turkmenistan his warm greetings, and wished good health and more success ahead in implementing the ongoing reforms. H...

Five athletes to compete under the Olympic Council of Asia flag at Ashgabat 2017   The refugee team of five athletes taking part in the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games has been named and will compete in the Indoor Athletics track events.  The delegation’s Chef de Mission is Kenya’s legendary marathon runner Tegla Loroupe, who will be joined by two more officials and a coach.  The five athletes – Paulo Amotun Lokoro (entered in 1500m), Wiyual Puok Deng (400m), Gai Yang Tap (80...

Winners award ceremony of International CIS contest “The Art of Book” has taken place under anniversary, the 30th Moscow International Book Fair.  This year, 87 publications were competing in ten nominations for the certificates of “The Art of Book” contest. Turkmen book publishers have been winning the diplomas and prizes in certain nominations several times before but the success of the representatives of the State Publishing Service was never that impressive. This time, Turkmenistan was re...

The Central bank of the country dated circulation of modified samples of banknotes of 2017 with denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 manats and also issue of commemorative gold and silver coins «Ashgabat Olimpiya stadiony» worth 100 manats each to the opening of the 5th Asian indoor and martial arts games.  As informed in the press release of the main bank of the country, the basic supplement on the obverse of banknotes, the design and colour of which are kept in the former view, is the...