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The 2021 best national football personalities

The Football Federation of Turkmenistan has announced the results of the 2021 football season. The sports journalists and representatives of the football clubs took part in the voting organized by the Federation. As a result of the voting, Elman Tagaev, a midfielder of the Ahal FC, was named the best player. It should be noted that E.Tagaev was the top scorer (10 goals) in the 2021 Football Championship of Turkmenistan.

Elman Tagayev – AFC cup top goal scorer

«Türkmenistan Sport», № 4, 2021 The midfielder of the Turkmenistan national team and Ahal FC Elman Tagayev has become the top goal scorer in the AFC Cup this season. The staffs of the 7/24 e-supplement of Türkmenistan Sport International Magazine and the Football Federation of Turkmenistan conducted rigorous analysis of the performance of the Ahal half-defender and calculated that he had scored 5 goals in 3 games. This means that his success rate is 1.6661.66 in each game (5/3). This is the best result of the season.

Symbolic team of Turkmen footballers who play in Turkic speaking countries

«Türkmenistan Sport», № 4, 2021 On November 12, 2021, Istanbul hosted the 8th Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council). Sport also contributes to promoting relations among the Turkic speaking countries. The Turkmen footballers have performed in the football championships in the countries of the Turkic world in different years.

Tennis Federation of Turkmenistan summed up the results of the outgoing year

«7/24.tm», № 02 (85), 10.01.2022. Tennis is one of the fastest growing sports in Turkmenistan. This is evidenced by the number of people involved in tennis, tennis clubs, where experienced coaches teach the basics of this «royal» sport. Almost all French kings played tennis. In turn, Charles IX called tennis «one of the noblest, most worthy and healthy exercises that princes and other noble people can do.»

The key to health

Sport is the source of health, wellness and happy life. Independent, permanently neutral Turkmenistan is recognized all over the world as a sports power in the epoch of might and happiness. To date, beautiful, modern sports facilities adorn all the corners of the country, from the Olympic Village in our beautiful capital to small villages and towns. The successful holding of the V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in 2017, the Amul – Hazar international rally and the World Weightlifting Championships in 2018 enhanced the international sports prestige of Turkmenistan and went down in the world sports history in the letters of gold.

Sport is the watchword of today

At all times, every nation has made it a priority to keep the generations healthy and strong. Thus, special importance has been attached to the training of young people in national games, which have developed into modern sports. Our valiant ancestors taught young men how to ride, shoot, and wrestle from an early age. The national games helped the young men to develop such skills as endurance, agility, grip and ingenuity. The Turkmen young men rode horses and defended their Motherland at a young age.

A horse rider has a good health

Great work is underway to promote the national pride of our people – the glory of ‘heavenly’ horses under the leadership of the President of Turkmenistan in the epoch of might and happiness. Comprehensive measures are being taken to develop the equestrian industry, to increase the number of thoroughbred Ahalteke horses, to strengthen international cooperation in this field, and to promote equestrian sports in our country. To date, special importance is attached to the development of horse breeding and equestrian sports in Turkmenistan.

Fc Ashgabat wins Turkmenistan futsal club cup

«7/24.tm», №01 (84), 03.01.2022. The Turkmenistan Women’s Futsal Club Cup ended in the victory of FC Ashgabat.

Shagadam is on the winning path

The Shagadam FC has won the 40th victory in the history of the Football Cup of Turkmenistan. The 40th victory brought the second Cup to the team. The Shagadam FC has played 92 matches in total so far in the second-tier football tournament of our country. The club has 40 wins, 18 draws and 34 losses.

Independence is our pride

The 30th anniversary of independence of our Motherland was widely celebrated in 2021, which was held under the motto ‘Turkmenistan – the Home of Peace and Trust’. As is known, our Motherland has made great progress in the political, economic, cultural, healthcare and sports spheres in the years of independence. Our country has enhanced the international sports prestige. Independent, permanently neutral Turkmenistan is widely recognized as a country that offers peaceful, political and diplomatic solutions to the interstate issues in the region. Our beloved Motherland is actively implementing important initiatives for common good, peace, prosperity and development. It should be noted that the Turkmen sport is developed at the international level. This process includes promotion of peace through sports. To date, Turkmenistan has gained international recognition as the country that has the opportunity to host large sports events. Being citizens of an independent country, the Turkmen athletes compete in international tournaments under our national flag. This fact indicates that Turkmenistan attaches great importance to creation of a solid sports base, to development of the mass physical culture and sports movement, and high-level sports, and to promotion of the principles of a healthy lifestyle among people, especially the youth.