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Turkmenistan celebrates World Table Tennis Day

«7/24. tm» №19 (206), 06.05.2024 Table tennis is becoming increasingly popular in Turkmenistan with every passing year. Table tennis fans across the country celebrated World Table Tennis Day on April 23.

Greece hands over Olympic flame of 2024 Games to Paris organisers

«7/24. tm» №19 (206), 06.05.2024 The Olympic flame was handed to a delegation from the Paris 2024 Organising Committee in a symbolic ceremony at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens three months before the start.

Remarkable achievements

The international ice hockey tournament, held in our white marble capital, vividly demonstrated that Turkmenistan has become the home of friendship and the venue for sports events. The victory of the Galkan team at the prestigious tournament, which gathered strong ice hockey teams from ten countries of the world, provoked the pride of the Turkmen people. This success is the result of the state concern for sports in the country, the excellent conditions and opportunities created for the Turkmen athletes. To date, Turkmenistan attaches great importance to the development of sports. Favourable conditions are created for holding large international sports events in the country. Modern sports facilities built and put into operation meet the world standards and deserve special mention in this context. This work inspires the Turkmen athletes to take part in international competitions and achieve success.

President Serdar Berdimuhamedov took part in the celebrations on the occasion of the National Day of the Turkmen Horse

«7/24. tm» №18 (205), 29.04.2024 Today, the country widely celebrates the National Day of the Turkmen Horse, on the occasion of which the main events took place at the International Ahal-Teke Equestrian Complex with the participation of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov.

Galkan Wins the Cup of International Ice Hockey Tournament

The International Ice Hockey Tournament ended in the capital of Turkmenistan. It became another evidence of the transformation of Ashgabat into a recognised international centre of sports and of the broad support from the world community of the targeted strategy for promoting physical culture and sports, which is a key state policy priority of Turkmenistan implemented under the leadership of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Hero-Arkadag.

Young people on the ice rinks

The number of impressive victories of the Turkmen youth at the global tournaments is increasing thanks to the concern for sports in Turkmenistan in recent years. To date, our country has become a venue for the winter sports events. Thanks to the initiatives of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and our Hero-Arkadag Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, ice hockey and figure skating have attracted an impressive number of young people in our country. In 2017, the national ice hockey team of Turkmenistan won gold medals in the Division II at the VIII Asian Winter Games held in Sapporo, Japan. Later on, the Turkmen hockey players earned the victory at the qualifying tournament held in Sarajevo in 2018. Since then, the team have been participating in the IIHF World Championships Division III and have won medals on a regular basis. The young ice hockey players achieve success and demonstrate that this sport has a great future in our country.

The head of the Asian Federation considers the tennis center in the Olympic village of Ashgabat one of the best in the world

«7/24. tm» №17 (204), 22.04.2024 The head of the Asian Federation considers the tennis center in the Olympic village of Ashgabat one of the best in the world

Olympic rings to be installed on Eiffel Tower

«7/24. tm» №17 (204), 22.04.2024 The Olympic rings will be installed on the Eiffel Tower in the run-up to the 2024 Olympics, Le Parisien reported.

Turkmenistan men’s singles № 1 was replaced

«7/24. tm» №17 (204), 22.04.2024 118 athletes (68 men and 50 women) from Akhal, Dashoguz, Lebap, Mary velayats and Ashgabat gathered at the Olympic Village courts in the capital city for the Turkmenistan Tennis Championship. The winners were determined both among men and women in singles and doubles categories.

Amazing performance of the team

Arkadag Football Club has celebrated its first anniversary this spring. The new team played its first official match in April, 2023. The club has made great success in a short period. Arkadag Football Club finished the football season winning two titles – the Championship and the Cup of Turkmenistan. In Fixture 5 of the new season, which was launched in March, Arkadag FC scored the 100th goal in the Championship and achieved another great result.