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...

V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games require maximum output of the professionals who render the assistance to the guests and participants of the Games 24/7. Our first-class medical personnel provides medical services which are vital during such big competitions.  Having advanced technologies, modern equipment and quality medical education, hundreds of experienced doctors are on duty in the Olympic village and next to it.  Rehabilitation Centre rendering medical aid to the sportsmen and vi...

In the 5th Asian indoor and martial arts games competitions in 12 sports which have brought to our sportsmen 18 more medals, including 8 gold ones, were held. The national team of Turkmenistan takes first place in the total medal standing, having by the results of the past competitions a total of 193 awards, from which 77 - gold, 54 - silver and 62 – bronze medals. The last day of belt wrestling athletes competed in in duels in discipline «alysh» in classical style. Our sportsmen finished the...

It was informed at the session of the Government on September 22 that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs carries out the work for practical realization of the Declaration on Encouragement of Valuable Contribution of the Olympic Refugee Teams to the Consolidation of Peace and Human Rights adopted by the initiative of the President of Turkmenistan at the 36th session of UN Council on Human Rights in Geneva.  Turkmen side prepared specific proposals, according to which the subject of registration o...