The developed sports infrastructure and huge attention which is given by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the sports sphere - the major resource of public progress, became an important condition which has caused the choice of Turkmenistan as a venue for the 5th Asian indoor and martial arts games. Thanks to the large scale work, today our capital has unique sports objects in region answering to the international standards and allowing organising competitions at the highest level. Besides i...

Big hall of the Media Centre held the press conference where President of International Sambo Federation Vasiliy Shestakov (Russia) has spoken to domestic and foreign mass media. He informed about the decision of the Executive Committee of the Olympic Council of Asia made on the session in Ashgabat on September 20 on inclusion of sambo to the programme of the Asian Games.  Sport sambo competitions will take place in six weight categories (62, 74 and 90 kg men and 65, 64 and 72 kg women) under...

More than 500 foreign journalists work in these days in Turkmenistan, promptly covering the course of the V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. For the representatives of the foreign press in the Media Center of the Olympic town all conditions for fruitful and efficient work were created. At the disposal of the accredited journalists at the competitions - the best modern technology, they are provided with a connection with the editions of their media and comfortable working premises. The Cen...

Our sportsmen distinguished themselves in kickboxing, sambo, free style wrestling, power lifting and basketball having won another 13 medals including two gold ones at V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games continuing in the capital.  At the moment, Turkmenistan team is leading confidently in total count having 206 medals including 79 gold, 58 silver and 69 bronze medals.  Our athlete Ahment Tanriberdiyev won the gold in sambo in weight category up to 57 kg, having overcome Rahmatjon Ahmedo...

61 transactions were registered past week at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.  Entrepreneurs from Afghanistan purchased, in foreign currency, gasoline produced at the Turkmenbashi Complex of Oil Refineries. Moreover, refined sunflower oil, denim fabric and cotton yarn were sold in foreign currency. Russia, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and others were the buyer countries. The total value of transactions exceeded 37 million 111 thousand US...

In one of the great moments in the history of the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, Iran’s Sohrab Moradi broke an 18-year-old weightlifting world record at Ashgabat 2017.    The Rio 2016 Olympic champion set a new aggregate total lift mark of 413kg in the men’s 94kg, with the thrilling performance on Saturday 23 September. Moradi, who had celebrated his 29th birthday the previous day, followed a 185kg lift in the Snatch by hoisting 228kg in the Clean and Jerk before raising his hands in...

After grandiose episodes from the history of the great Parthian Empire with its splendid capital Nisa, architectural extravaganza of mediaeval Dehistan, famous with its masters and scientists Kunyaurgench staged in magnificent composition at the Olympic Stadium during opening ceremony of V Asian Games, we have been watching the past of the eastern region of our country. Long time ago, rich trade city of Amul was thriving on the east of Turkmenistan.  Ancient caravansary Dayahatyn appeared as...