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Comprehensive answer for the question «What is a sport?»

«Türkmenistan Sport», № 3 (19), 2023 Sports are termed as any physical or mental activity which is mostly done during leisure time and includes a high level of entertainment involving a sense of competition. Sports are an integral part of everyone’s life and each and every person would have been a part of at least one or the other sports. It not only makes us fit but also makes us alert and active by improving our overall physical and mental health.

Surprising sports facts

«Türkmenistan Sport», № 3 (19), 2023 There are over 8000+ sports played around the world! Despite this, there were only 33 sports played at the Olympics 2021.

Ahal prepares for its first Champions League match

«7/24 tm» № 38 (173) 18.09.2023 The champions of Turkmenistan Ahal are participating in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League Group Stage.

The Romanian team became the winner of the World Team Beach Sambo Championship 2023

«7/24 tm» № 38 (173) 18.09.2023 The Romanian team won gold medals on the second day of the World Beach Sambo Championships in the team tournament. The second place was taken by the Kazakhstan team, the sambists from Costa Rica and the FIAS 1 team took third place.

The principles of a healthy lifestyle

The noble initiatives of the National Leader of the Turkmen people Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the wonderful conditions created for the Turkmen sports, and the great projects are implemented at high level under the wise leadership of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov. Brilliant victories of our compatriots at the large international sports events reflect the rapid development of the Turkmen sports and the excellent conditions created in the year ‘Happy Youth with Arkadag Serdar’. Moreover, Turkmenistan has become a venue for the large international tournaments and implements the national strategy in this area. Special attention is attached to the development of sports in the country, which has reached outstanding achievements in this field under the wise leadership of the President of Turkmenistan. In this context, large-scale work is underway at Aman Kekilov Pedagogical School. It should be noted that the construction of world-class sports facilities has resulted in the tremendous success of our students. In our wonderful epoch, the development of international sports cooperation is also of great importance. Students spend their free time playing sports at the School and follow the principles of a healthy lifestyle.

World Beach Sambo Championships 2023 announcement

«7/24 tm» № 36 (171) 04.09.2023 The World Beach SAMBO Championships 2023 will be held in the Dominican Republic from 9 to 10 September. National teams from around the world will compete for victory on the beach of Juan Dolio. Competitions will be held in Beach SAMBO among men and women, as well as in a team tournament.

Accuracy and Range Test

The Cup of Turkmenistan in archery was held at the Winter Sports Complex. The tournament was organised by the National Archery Federation with the assistance of the State Committee of Turkmenistan for Physical Culture and Sports. Both men and women competed for prizes according to the Olympic elimination system in various age categories. Individual, team and mixed archery competitions were held both outdoors and indoors. Shooting was carried out both with a classic bow at a distance of 18 and 70 metres and with a compound bow at a distance of 18 metres. In individual competitions, the judges took into account the shooting results of each participant. In competitions among teams, the results were summed up and taken into account in the overall standings. The main goal of the Cup of Turkmenistan is the search and selection of talented young athletes for the national team.

Merv advances to AFC Cup group stage

«7/24 tm» № 35 (170) 28.08.2023 The bronze medallists of the Turkmenistan Championships FC Merv won 2-1 Khujand from Tajikistan in extra time in an away playoff match of the 2023/24 AFC Cup. Murat Yakshiev (54th minute) and Murat Ovezmuradov (114th minute) scored the winning goals for Merv.

Young people are the pride of the country

Our Hero-Arkadag Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov noted that young people play a key role in the implementation of the ‘Revival of the New Epoch of the Powerful State: the National Programme on Socio-Economic Development of Turkmenistan for 2022–2052’. The National Leader of the Turkmen people expressed great confidence in the youth who would advance the development of the country. To date, impressive work is being successfully implemented by the Turkmen people, including the youth, under the wise leadership of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov. Special importance is attached to increasing youth's pride in the Motherland, people and glorious history, to attracting them to science and education, to ensuring their good command of digital technologies, to providing them with modern education, and explaining the great concept of the Motherland. As is known, wide opportunities are created for young people to receive excellent education in Turkmenistan. Good conditions are provided for fostering science in the year ‘Happy Youth with Arkadag Serdar’. Young people make their worthy contribution to the development of our country under the wise leadership of the President of Turkmenistan.

«Merv» won the preliminary game of the AFC cup

«7/24 tm» № 34 (169) 21.08.2023  On August 15, 2023, Mary’s «Merv» football team defeated the «Alay» team of the Kyrgyz Republic on its own field. Musa Nurnazarov scored the only goal that brought victory to the team in the 13th minute.

Turkmenistan successfully performs at II CIS games

«7/24 tm» № 34 (169) 21.08.2023  The II CIS Games, which were held in the Republic of Belarus, closed. The Turkmen athletes performed in 13 sports at these international competitions. The medallists in 20 sports of the tournaments that took place on the sports arenas in 11 cities of the Republic of Belarus were announced. The participation of athletes from the CIS states, as well as Asia and Africa, increased interest in these competitions. The Turkmen athletes displayed their outstanding skills and techniques in the struggle for medals with experienced sportsmen. They took a decent place in the medal table of the II CIS Games. We are presenting their results to our readers.

Great honour to the national values

The amulets alaja have woven and knitted types. The name of the amulet indicates that the Turkmen women made it from different coloured yarns and threads and used them according to their types. It should be noted that the efforts of creative women have brought this ancient and enduring art to modern times. The Turkmen people have always cherished the national traditions, arts, and cultural values dating back to ancient times. Our people have passed them down from generation to generation. Handicrafts, created by the skilful Turkmen women and known since ancient times, have gained recognition of the world community. Another evidence of the great importance of this subtle art for world culture is the inclusion of the nomination ‘Turkmen art of embroidery’ on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List. A number of the Turkmen carpets entered the Guinness World Records. To date, many of those national cultural values are preserved in museums. One of the most popular values, used in almost every household, is alaja.

XXXI Summer University games close in Chengdu

«7/24 tm» № 33 (168) 14.08.2023 The XXXI World Summer University Games that took place in Chengdu, China from July 28 to August 8 have become part of history.

Turkmen language courses begin in Japan

«7/24 tm» № 33 (168) 14.08.2023 From September 2023, it is planned to start Turkmen language courses for Japanese and foreign students at the Japanese University of Tsukuba, which closely cooperates with higher educational institutions of Turkmenistan.

World combat games to start with SAMBO competitions

«7/24 tm» № 33 (168) 14.08.2023 Organizing Committee of the World Combat Games published the schedule of competitions for the upcoming tournament. Multi-sport games will be held in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) from October 20 to 30, during which medals in 16 sports will be played. The sambists had the honor to open the competitive program of the Games: the SAMBO tournament will be held on October 20-21.

Achievements of a young chess player

Yhlas Narimanov, a 6th-grader of the Turkmenabat secondary school 41, won a silver medal in the single event at the 2023 U12 World Schools Team Chess Championship, which concluded in Aktau on August 7. Yhlas played at the second board for the U12 team and showed a high level of play.

Preparing for the World Championship

According to the Decree of the President of Turkmenistan, the 2023 World Kurash Wrestling Championship will be held at the Martial Arts Complex of the Olympic Village on November 23–28. Following the document, an organizational group has been created and its composition has been approved to hold the World Championship. About 350 athletes from 60 countries are expected to take part in the Championship. The national kurash wrestling team of Turkmenistan, headed by Dortguly Tejenov and Shirin Kubayeva, has recently attended the training sessions in the Kyrgyz Republic. The team consisting of 30 athletes was again invited to the training sessions. The athletes started practicing on August 2. Skilful coaches will help wrestlers to conduct the training sessions at a high level.

Medals of the Turkmen weightlifters

The 2023 Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships have recently been held in India. The members of the national team of Turkmenistan have been making achievements at the tournament since the first day. It should be noted that the Asian Championships gathered 260 weightlifters from 21 countries.Ogulshat Amanova won the first medal for the national team of Turkmenistan at the tournament. She competed in the junior 45-kilogramme weight class event and lifted 65 kilogrammes in snatch and 80 kilogrammes in clean and jerk. Our compatriot won three bronze medals with the result of 145 kilogrammes in total. Gurbandurdy Amanov, Ogulshat's father and coach, played a great role in this success. In India, he represented the national team of Turkmenistan as a coach. Perhat Bagtyyarov, a representative of the national team, became the vice-champion of Asia. He took part in the 61-kilogramme weight class event. Our compatriot lifted 256 kilogrammes (112 + 144) in total and won a silver medal of the Asian Championships. Not only did the talented Turkmen athlete win three silver medals (snatch, clean and jerk and total), he also earned a bronze medal in the youth event.

Under the Flag of the National Team

By the end of the 31st World Summer Universiade in the city of Chengdu (China), the organising committee of sports competitions prepared and distributed to the media the results of the Games, which collected all the results of the Universiade. Thus, the champion of Turkmenistan in wushu, a student of the Turkmen State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports Aygozel Gurbangeldiyeva recently became the owner of a bronze medal in the weight category under 52 kg. “The World Student Games serve the ideals of strengthening friendship and promote mutual understanding between boys and girls from different countries and the further development of the student sports movement,” Tirkish Dovletov, Honoured Coach of Turkmenistan, notes. “I train Aygozel for five years already, before, she was trained under the guidance of mentors from the Dashoguz velayat. For these competitions, she was also prepared by the coaches of sports schools 5 and 15 of the Main Directorate of Physical Education and Sports of the city of Ashgabat Yalkym Nuriyev and Shirmammet Berdiyev. Last year, in September, at the World Cup in martial arts among students, held under the auspices of FISU (International University Sports Federation) in the Turkish city of Samsun, Aygozel also excelled, she won a bronze medal in wushu in the weight category under 48 kg.”

Open Championships in the city of Arkadag

The wonderful tournaments held in the city of Arkadag, which is a generous gift to the Turkmen people, have demonstrated the great sports potential of the smart city. The sports facilities provide excellent conditions to hold such competitions in the city at a high organizational level. A 10,000-seat stadium, a multipurpose sports complex and a sports centre in the city of Arkadag hosted those tournaments. The Open Championships in Draka MMA, hand-to-hand and universal fighting, hapkido and kabaddi (an Indian team sport), held at the Multifunctional Sports Complex in the city of Arkadag, located in the beautiful corner of the country, vividly demonstrate this fact. The events gathered over 200 athletes of different ages. The competitions included very impressive martial arts fights. It should be noted that the International Federation for Hand-to-Hand-Fighting was founded in 2006. This popular mode of sports allows using choke holds and painful holds and performing blows by hands and feet. The masters of this sport demonstrated their skills at a high level. The Draka MMA and hapkido events revealed that excellent conditions resulted in the great progress of sports in Turkmenistan.