The TIF 2024 forum, which will be held on September 10-11 in Ashgabat, will present strategic investment projects in key sectors of the economy of Turkmenistan, including:

Transport and communications. Turkmenistan is striving to consolidate its position as a major transport hub in the region. With the accession to the world transport system, transit cargo passes through the territory of Turkmenistan, which is the most important link of the Great Silk Road, which is of great importance for the development of the national economy and strengthening friendly relations. Investors will be presented with projects to modernize the car repair base in Turkmenabat and the Serdar Wagon Repair Plant, planned for the period up to 2028. These projects will improve the efficiency of rail transport and strengthen the country's logistics infrastructure.

Chemical industry. One of the key engines of economic growth is the development of the gas chemical sector. In recent years, several gas chemical complexes have been put into operation, and several more are planned to be built. The Turkmenbashi Oil Refinery is a flagship industrial complex located in the west of Turkmenistan. Investors will be presented with projects for the construction of hexane production at the Kiyanli plant and the chemical complex in Garabogaz, as well as the modernization of the plants of the Maryazot production association. These projects will significantly expand the range of products and strengthen the country's export potential.

Electric power industry. In the context of growing demand for electricity, Turkmenistan relies on the modernization of existing and construction of new energy facilities, including renewable energy sources. The development of the country's energy sector is based on scientific principles, a solid legal framework and well-developed programs. The scientific foundations of the development of the domestic electric power industry strengthen the proposals of Turkmen scientists related to the introduction of new promising technologies into production. Investors will be presented with projects for the conversion of Dashoguz and Akhal HPP gas turbine units to compatible circulation, as well as the construction of a solar power plant in Lebap province, which will reduce dependence on traditional energy sources and expand electricity exports.

Oil and gas industry. Turkmenistan's oil and gas industry remains a key sector of the economy. Within the framework of the forum, special attention will be paid to attracting investments in the development of offshore blocks in the Caspian Sea, whose hydrocarbon resources are estimated at 12.1 billion tons of oil and 6.1 trillion cubic meters of gas, as well as optimizing production at mature fields. To date, the Turkmennebit State Concern has prepared a package of geological and technical information on offshore blocks for detailed familiarization of potential investors 11, 12, 16, 21, 23, 24. The TAPI gas pipeline remains an important project, which opens up new opportunities for exporting Turkmen gas to South Asian markets. Investors will be provided with detailed technical information on the offshore blocks of the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea in the form of data packages containing geological, geophysical and technical information.

Within the framework of the visit of the delegation of Turkmenistan to Dushanbe, on August 24, Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmed Gurbanov met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan Sirodjiddin Mukhriddin.

The diplomats assessed the state of trade and economic relations, discussed bilateral and multilateral cooperation in the field of transport, energy, ecology and other areas.

Special emphasis is placed on cooperation in the cultural and humanitarian sphere. The parties discussed in detail preparations for the opening of the Magtumguly comprehensive secondary school in the Dusti district of the Khatlon region of the Republic of Tajikistan, designed to become a symbol of friendship and brotherhood between the two countries and peoples, the press service of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry reported.

The solemn ceremony of the foundation of this school was held with the participation of the heads of state of the two countries within the framework of the state visit of President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov to the Republic of Tajikistan in May last year.

The Specialized Children's and Youth School of the Olympic Football Reserve of the State Committee of Turkmenistan for Sports is recruiting children born in 2017. The event will take place on September 1, 2024 at the Ashgabat Stadium.

Recruitment will take place from 08:00 to 11:00. Young athletes must have a sports uniform, a copy of their birth certificate and a 3x4 photo.

Parents interested in their children's participation in the recruitment process can get additional information by calling: +99365 62-79-10 and +99365 04-92-48.

It is important to note that recruitment is carried out only for residents of Ashgabat, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper said in a statement.

The mini-football tournament for the “Bank-2024” Cup, in which teams representing the country's banking sector took part, has ended in the capital of Turkmenistan. The competition was organized by the “Senagat” Joint-Stock Commercial Bank within the framework of mass sports and cultural events.

According to the results of the competition, the team of the Joint-Stock Commercial Bank “Senagat” took first place. The success of the winning team is largely due to the professional leadership of experienced coaches Mergen Atayev and Begench Annagulyev.

The second place in the tournament went to the team of the Central Bank of Turkmenistan, and the bronze medalists were the representatives of the Turkmen-Turkish Joint-Stock Commercial Bank.

This sporting event not only contributed to strengthening the corporate spirit among employees of banking institutions, but also emphasized the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the professional community of Turkmenistan.

August 23, the Turkmenistan U17 national football team will face the Kyrgyzstan team in a match for 5th place in the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) Championship. The game will take place in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, and will begin at 18:00 Ashgabat time.

The CAFA U-17 tournament is coming to an end. The teams of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan will meet in the final, and Tajikistan and Iran will fight for 3rd place.

At the group stage, the Turkmen team led by Ahmet Allaberdiyev took third place in group “B”, losing to Uzbekistan (0:1) and Iran (1:6).

This tournament serves as an important preparation for the Turkmen national team before the upcoming qualifying round of the 2025 Asian Cup. The qualifying matches will be held from October 23 to 27 in Thailand, where Turkmenistan will meet teams from Thailand, India and Brunei in group “D”.

"Ahal" defeated "Kopetdag" in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the 2024 Turkmenistan Football Cup. The game took place at the Nisa Stadium in Ashgabat and ended with a score of 2:1.

The match started unexpectedly for the home team – already in the 3rd minute, Shiri Annayev put "Kopetdag" ahead. However, Ahal did not allow the opponent to celebrate their success for long. In the 20th minute, Meylis Diniyev equalized the score, skillfully heading in a corner kick from Elman Tagayev. The fate of the match was decided in the 71st minute, when "Ahal" captain Elman Tagayev converted a penalty, setting the final score of 2:1 in favor of his team.

After the match, Meylis Diniyev shared his impressions of the game: “The match turned out to be difficult. The opponent closed in defense, and it was difficult for us to follow the coach's instructions, especially in the first half. In the second half, we started to play better, but overall the game was not pleasing. We should have played better."

Diniyev also noted the importance of choosing the right position when playing with a header and praised Elman Tagaev's accurate pass. Speaking about the goal conceded at the beginning of the match, the footballer admitted that the team did not immediately get into the game, which led to misunderstandings in defense.

Despite the difficult victory, Diniyev expressed confidence in the team's success in the return match, which will take place on September 8. He also positively assessed the past training camp in Turkey, noting that the team played several successful games with strong opponents.

Valeriy Grigoryan, playing under the nickname "Baboon", brought Turkmenistan a bronze medal at the prestigious Asian tournament Your Home Your Arena in the eFootball Mobile discipline.

The competition took place on August 18, 2024, bringing together the best players in the region. Grigoryan, representing the Çopan team and the national team of Turkmenistan, demonstrated a high level of skill and strategic thinking in the fight against the strongest opponents. This was stated in a statement by the Federation of eSports of Turkmenistan.

In the match for 3rd place, Grigoryan won with a score of 2:1 against the representative of Kyrgyzstan.

It is noteworthy that Grigoryan relatively recently switched to the eFootball Mobile discipline, having previously played in PUBG Mobile.

The Turkmenistan sambo team won 10 medals: 1 gold, 2 silver and 7 bronze, at the World Cup held in Cholpon-Ata (Kyrgyzstan). More than 250 athletes from 14 countries took part in the competition, competing for the title of the strongest in 26 weight categories in sport and combat sambo among men and women, the publication “Turkmenistan: Golden Age” reports.

Following the results of the World Cup, Turkmenistan took fourth place in the overall team standings, losing only to the teams of Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

The gold medal for the Turkmenistan national team in sports sambo in the weight category up to 64 kg was brought by 24 years old Niyazmyrat Babekov, who won victories over opponents from Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Belarus and Kyrgyzstan.

Silver medals were awarded to combat sambo representatives: 29 years old Yusup Tanriberdiyev in the weight category up to 58 kg and 31 years old Zarina Abdyrahmanova in the weight category up to 54 kg. Both athletes managed to win twice on their way to the final.

The bronze medalists in the Turkmenistan team were: Aziza Nazarova (up to 50 kg, sport sambo), Babamurat Bayramov (up to 58 kg, sport sambo), Kambar Umarov (up to 71 kg, sport sambo), Kerim Kerimov (up to 64 kg, combat sambo), Gulzada Jorakuliyeva (up to 72 kg, combat sambo), Agasapar Muhadov (up to 79 kg, combat sambo), and Maksat Annagylyjov (up to 88 kg, combat sambo).

The President of the International Sambo Federation (FIAS) Vasily Shestakov highly praised the performance of the Turkmen sambo wrestlers, noting the good quality of the fight they demonstrated at the tournament. The World Cup in Kyrgyzstan has become an important stage in the athletes' preparation for the upcoming major competitions, including the World Sambo Championship in Kazakhstan and the selection for the 2025 World Games in China.

Kuwaiti "Al-Arabi", Maldivian "Maziya Sports" and "Abdysh-Ata" from Kyrgyzstan were drawn against Turkmenistan's Arkadag following the draw held today in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) for the third most important men's club tournament of the Asian Football Confederation called the AFC Challenge League 2.

The group stage of the AFC Challenge League will feature 18 teams, divided geographically into 2 zones - Western and Eastern.

It is worth noting that before the draw for the AFC Challenge League, "Arkadag" was in the second basket together with the clubs "Nejmeh" (Lebanon) and "Al-Futuwa" (Syria), which excluded the current champion of Turkmenistan from playing with these clubs in the group stage of the tournament.

Results of the 2024/25 AFC Challenge League draw:

West Asia:

Group A:

• East Bengal (India)
• Najmeh (Lebanon)
• Bashundhara Kings (Bangladesh)
• Paro (Bhutan) (group host)

Group B:

• Al Arabi (Kuwait) (group host)
• Arkadag (Turkmenistan)
• Abdysh-Ata (Kyrgyzstan)
• Maziya Sports and Recreation (Maldives)

Group C:

• Al Ahli (Bahrain)
• Al Futuwa (Syria)
• Al Seeb (Oman) (group host)
• Hilal Al-Quds (Palestine)

East Asia:

Group A:

• Shan United (Myanmar) (Group Host)
• Tainan City (Taiwan)
• Young Elephants (Laos)

Group B:

• Madura United (Indonesia)
• Prey Khan Reach Svey Rieng (Cambodia)
• SP Falcons (Mongolia) (Group Host)

The AFC Challenge League group stage matches will be held centrally from October 16 to November 2. Group B matches involving Arkadag will be held in Kuwait.

A total of eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals following the group stage: three group winners and one best second-placed team from West Asia, as well as the top two teams from each group in East Asia.

The playoff matches will be held in a home-and-away format. The quarter-finals will be held from 5 to 13 March 2025, the semi-finals from 9 to 17 April 2025, and the final is scheduled for 10 May 2025.

The 33rd edition of the Turkmenistan Football Cup started with three quarterfinal matches in Ashgabat and Balkanabat.

This year, the second most important club honorary trophy is being contested by 8 clubs of the top league. Three of them - «Altyn Asyr», «Ashgabat» and «Kopetdag» represent the capital. «Nebitchi» from Balkanabat and «Shagadam» from Turkmenbashy - Balkan velayat, «Merv» - Mary velayat, «Ahal» - Ahal velayat, and the current champion and winner of the Turkmenistan Cup, «Arkadag», is a city of the same name of national importance.

The first goal of the 2024 Turkmenistan Cup was scored at the «Sport Toplumy» stadium in the Buzmeyin etrap of Ashgabat, where the capital's «Altyn Asyr» hosted Mary's «Merv». The author of it in the 7th minute was the home team player Rovshen Halmamedov. In the 30th minute, he scored the second goal, becoming the first author of a double in the current tournament.

In the 63rd minute, Myrat Annayev increased the advantage of «Altyn Asyr» to three goals from a penalty. Another 10 minutes later, Abdyresul Abdyyev got one goal back. But «Merv» could not achieve more. In the remaining time, «Altyn Asyr» held on to the winning score of 3:1, making a strong bid to reach the semi-finals.

«Arkadag» also has a good chance of reaching the semi-finals, having beaten Turkmenbashy's «Shagadam» 3-0 in the first match at the capital's «Nisa» stadium. It is noteworthy that three days earlier these teams played at the same stadium as part of the national championship. And then Vladimir Bayramov's charges routed the team from the Caspian coast - 5-1. This time, «Arkadag» was content with a modest victory compared to the first game, which the nominal home team secured thanks to Shanazar Tirkishov (26th minute), Arslanmyrat Amanov (75th) and Altymyrat Annadurdyyev (90+2nd). In the third cup match in Balkanabat, in which «Nebitchi» and «Ashgabat» met, the winner was determined shortly before the final whistle.

In the first half, the opponents exchanged goals: the home team responded to Tirkishmyrat Sarymyradov's goal in the 29th minute with an accurate strike by Elyas Akyyev in the second minute of stoppage time. The score remained tied until the 85th minute, when Shyhberdi Baynazarov scored the winning goal for «Ashgabat», preserving his team's good chances of reaching the semi-finals before the return match.

In this way, Ashgabat won its first victory under the leadership of the new head coach Tofik Shukurov, who replaced Seyit Seyidov before the start of the second half of the national championship.

The fourth semi-finalist of the 2024 Turkmenistan Cup will be determined in the matches between «Ahal» and «Kopetdag».

Remind that the winners of the quarterfinal and semi-final stages will be determined based on the results of two matches.

The return games of the 1/4 finals will be held on the 8th to 9th of September.

Two matches of the 19th round took place in Ashgabat and Balkanabat, marking the start of the third round-robin stage of the Turkmenistan Football Championship among the top league clubs.

The first game concluded at the Nisa stadium in the capital, where the current champion "Arkadag" hosted Turkmenbashi's "Shagadam." Both teams prepared intensively for the second half of the national championship. "Arkadag" held a training camp in Romania, playing five friendly matches with local teams, winning four and losing one to "Concordia" 0-2.

Ahead of the championship resumption, "Arkadag" made some roster changes. Goalkeeper Rahat Japarov returned to "Ahal," replaced by Rustem Akhalyev from "Ahal."

"Shagadam" trained in Kartepe, Turkey, under new head coach -73-year-old Ali Gurbani, honored coach of Turkmenistan, who replaced Yevgeny Tkachenko, now an assistant. "Shagadam" also signed four new players during the summer transfer window. The team included three players from "Ashgabat": Shatlyk Gurbanov, Didar Tejenov and Hojanazar Gurbanov. Goalkeeper Mukhamet Ovezov, formerly played for Mary "Energetik," strengthened the position. Several reserve players were promoted to the main team.

"Shagadam" started the match promisingly, opening the score in the 23rd minute by Hydyrgeldi Atjanov. However, this result was short-lived. Eight minutes later, Didar Durdyev equalized with a penalty – 1:1. In the 45th minute, Altymyrat Annadurdyev scored the second goal, and the teams went into halftime with "Arkadag" leading 2:1.

In the second half, Vladimir Bayramov's team scored three more unanswered goals against "Shagadam," credited to Shanazar Tirkishov (60th minute), Arslanmyrat Amanov (66th) and Mirza Beknazarov (85th).

With a 5:1 victory, "Arkadag" gained the maximum 51 points in 17 games. "Altyn Asyr" and "Ahal," sharing second and third places, trail the leader by 14 points, although the vice-champion has played one less match. "Shagadam" is fourth with 24 points.

In another 19th-round match in Balkanabat, the national championship outsiders "Nebitchi" and "Kopetdag" met. For the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan's team, it was the first match under new head coach Begench Garaev, who replaced Tofik Shukurov, now leading "Ashgabat" from the third round-robin stage.

The match ended in a 1:1 draw. Jumamyrat Jumayev's 30th-minute goal was answered by Dowran Berdyev's 52nd-minute equalizer.

After this game, "Nebitchi" caught up with "Ashgabat" in 7th place with 16 points, while "Kopetdag" remains at the bottom with 13 points. Earlier, in the 19th round's opening match, "Ahal" defeated "Ashgabat" 3:0.

The final game of this round between "Altyn Asyr" and "Merv" will take place later due to the vice-champion's participation in the AFC Champions League-2 qualification.

Matches of the 20th round will be held on August 24. On this day, "Shagadam" will play "Ashgabat," "Merv" will face "Nebitchi," "Arkadag" will meet "Altyn Asyr," and "Kopetdag" will play "Ahal."

The 33rd Turkmenistan Football Cup has started. This year, 8 clubs will compete for the country's second most important club trophy. Three of them - Altyn Asyr, Ashgabat and Kopetdag - represent the capital. Nebitchi from Balkanabat and Shagadam from Turkmenbashi - Balkan velayat, Merv - Mary velayat, Ahal - Ahal velayat, and the current champion and winner of the Turkmenistan Cup, Arkadag, is a city of the same name of national importance.

The first quarterfinal matches will be held on August 20-21, the return matches are scheduled for September 8-9.

The draw determined the following quarter-final pairs: Arkadag vs. Shagadam, Nebitchi vs. Ashgabat, Altyn Asyr vs. Merv, and Akhal vs. Kopetdag.

The dates for the semi-final matches and the final of the 2024 Turkmenistan Cup will be determined later.

Schedule of the first matches of the 1/4 finals of the 2024 Turkmenistan Football Cup:

August 20 (Tuesday)

17:30 "Arkadag" - "Shagadam"

Stadium: "Nisa" (Ashgabat)

18:00 "Nebitchi" - "Ashgabat"

Stadium: "Sport toplumy" (Balkanabat)

17:30 "Altyn Asyr" - "Merv"

Stadium: “Sport Topluma” (Ashgabat, Buzmeyin etrap)

August 21 (Wednesday)

17:30 “Ahal” – “Kopetdag”

Stadium: “Nisa” (Ashgabat)