Valentina Meredova, a multiple champion and record holder of Turkmenistan in the sprint, will represent the country at the 2024 XXXIII Olympic Games in Paris. She will compete in the 100 meter race.

39-year-old Meredova has shown consistently high results in national and international tournaments in recent years. Earlier this year, at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tehran, she set a new national record in the 60-meter race, running the distance in 7.44 seconds, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reported.

Valentina’s sports career began almost 27 years ago, when her talent was noticed by a school physical education teacher. Now she is preparing for the Olympics under the leadership of the senior coach of the national team, Baymurad Ashirmuradov.

This will be Meredova’s second Olympics – she already represented Turkmenistan at the 2008 Games in Beijing. The athlete’s recent achievements include a silver medal in the 4x100 meter relay and a bronze medal in the 100 meter at the Central Asian Open Athletics Championships in May this year in Tashkent.

Chairman of the Athletics Federation of Turkmenistan Hajymyrat Rahmanov noted that Meredova earned the right to represent the country at the Olympics thanks to her strong-willed character and ability to give 100 percent.

Preliminary competitions in the 100-meter distance, in which Valentina Meredova will perform, will take place on August 2.

The ninth stage of the Silk Way Rally: the kingdom of speed

The Silk Way rally marathon caravan continues to follow high mountain routes. This time, the athletes faced a 558-kilometer stage through a mountain pass with serpentine roads to the river bed. The main feature of the special stage was the high-speed routes, which required increased vigilance due to the many cross gullies and difficult terrain. At the same time, the participants had to preserve their equipment, because the next day all crews would set off for the first part of the marathon stage.

Serial SUVs

The crew of LADA Sport ROSNEFT Raid, driven by Mikhail Mityaev, won the T2 series SUV category. The debutant of the International Silk Way Rally won eight minutes from Maksatmyrat Danatarov and was almost ten minutes ahead of Andrey Sushentsov.

Sushentsov nevertheless continues to lead the overall standings, five hours ahead of the crew of the Toyliyev brothers. Maksatmyrat Danatarov closes the top three, followed by Mikhail Mityaev and Meilis Abdullaev.

The “Silk Way” rally will last until July 15.

Today, on July 14, the final match of Euro 2024 will take place, which is guaranteed, regardless of the result, to give a lot of emotions.

Spain and England are facing off at the Olympiastadion stadium in Berlin.

Spain
More people are likely to cheer for the Spanish national team than for England. The Red Fury demonstrates the most beautiful spectacular football. She moves a lot with the ball and skillfully confuses the opponent with a large number of passes. This is supported by the excellent technique and ingenuity of the players.

For all their splendor, Luis de la Fuente's charges are vulnerable. During the meeting with France, they had an important problem. The Spaniards won 2-1, but they spent almost the entire second half on the defensive.

England
The England national team, led by Gareth Southgate, prefers a cautious game. The British are adapted to get good results. Fans can be indignant as much as they want because of the bleakness of the three lions game, but it did not prevent them from reaching the finals.

At Euro 2024, the British have already gone through fire and water. They had a test with extra time and a penalty shootout. The Three Lions are very well prepared for the decisive test. The depth of the squad is the main weapon of the England national team. Kane, Bellingham, Foden, Saka, Palmer, Gordon, Eze, Tony, Watkins, Bowen — the most powerful selection of football players in the attack.

What time does it start and where to watch it?
The Spain—England meeting will begin at 23:55 Ashgabat time. The game will be shown live on TV channels "Match TV", "Match! Football 1", "Persiana Sports".

361 medals – 122 gold, 103 silver and 136 bronze – were won by Turkmen athletes at international competitions in the first half of the year.

This was reported during a Cabinet meeting on Friday, July 12, TDH reports.

Reporting on the work being carried out in the field of sports, the Deputy Prime Minister said that measures are being taken to develop physical culture and sports, and train professional athletes.

The country's sporting reputation was strengthened by the holding of an International Ice Hockey tournament and the announcement of Ashgabat as the "City of New Sports opportunities of the Commonwealth".

The eighth stage was a serious test at the distance of the 14th edition of the Silk Road Rally Marathon.

The 314-kilometer-long special stage began on rocky roads leading to the stone riverbed, from where the caravan of participants headed to the Zavkhan sand massif, where the crews had to overcome 100 kilometers of dunes.

Production SUVs: Danatarov's victory

In the T2 production SUV standings, Maksatmyrat Danatarov turned out to be the leader of the day, who was 13 minutes ahead of Merdan Toyliyev and 19 ahead of Andrei Sushentsov. Nevertheless, Sushentsov continues to lead in the overall standings — his advantage over the nearest pursuers is almost four hours. Representatives of the Turkmenavtolaglary agency, the brothers Merdan and Shohrat Toyliyev, are second in the overall standings, the crew of the Motor Sports Federation of Turkmenistan under the control of pilot Maksatmyrat Danatarov and navigator Didar Orazmedov are third. Mikhail Mityaev and Meylis Abdullayev followed.

The Silk Road rally raid will last until July 15.

On August 16, the match "Ashgabat" – "Kopetdag" The third round of the Turkmenistan Football Championship starts. The championship will resume after the summer break.

The 19th round of the Major League will continue on August 17 with the matches "Ahal" - "Energetik" and "Nebichi" – "Merv", the Football Federation of Turkmenistan reports.

The championship is held in four rounds with the participation of nine clubs of the country (Arkadag, Altyn Asyr, Ahal, Shagadam, Nebichi, Ashgabat, Energetik, Merv and Kopetdag) . 

Currently, the leading football club is Arkadag, which has scored 48 points in 16 matches. The second and third places in the standings are occupied by the Altyn Asyr teams (37 points) and "Ahal" (34 points).

"Turan-Tovuz" defeated FC Kapaz 4-0 in a friendly match at the Gabala City Stadium, the press service of the Azerbaijani club reports.

This is the second match of the team under the leadership of Kurban Berdyev, who was appointed head coach on June 25.

In their first game under Berdiyev, Turan won an even more impressive victory, defeating FC Shamkir with a score of 13:0 in the control meeting.

The seventh stage of the Silk Road Rally took participants from one of the oldest cities in Mongolia, Khovda, to Altai, the administrative center of the Gobi-Altai Aimag.

The special stage started on a rocky plateau, and then the participants were waiting for 50 kilometers of a navigation quest: navigators untangled a web of stone roads. The route of the stage also passed along a picturesque lake and crossed the Mongol Els sand dune massif with impassable dunes between mountain ranges and dunes with steep reverse slopes.

The steppe roads through the stone canyon have completed the distance. The total distance was 512.44 km.

Production SUVs

Andrey Sushentsov won another stage victory in the T2 production SUV category, further consolidating his advantage in the overall standings. His main pursuers are the representatives of the Turkmenavtolaglary agency, the brothers Merdan and Shohrat Toylyev. The third is the crew of the Automobile Sports Federation of Turkmenistan under the control of pilot Maksatmyrat Danatarov. Mikhail Mityaev takes the fourth place, and Meilis Abdullaev closes the top 5.

The Silk Road rally raid will last until July 15.

The Colombian national team beat Uruguay in the semi-finals of the Copa America with a score of 1:0.

The only goal in this meeting in the 39th minute was scored by Jefferson Lerma from a pass from midfielder James Rodriguez.

At the end of the first half, Colombian player Daniel Muñoz received a second yellow card and left his team shorthanded for most of the game.

32-year-old James Rodriguez provided his sixth assist in the current Copa America. This is the best result since 2011. The Colombian surpassed Argentina captain Lionel Messi, who had five assists in the 2021 tournament. James was named man of the match.

The Colombian national team reached the final of the Copa America for the third time in history. In 1975, the Colombians became vice-champions, and in 2001 they won their only trophy.

Earlier, the Argentina national team beat Canada with a score of 2:0 and reached the final of the Copa America for the 30th time. Lionel Scaloni's team is a 15-time winner of the tournament.

The national teams of Uruguay and Canada will meet on July 13 in the match for the bronze medals of the tournament. The America's Cup final will take place on July 14th.

On July 11, the draw for the 2024 Turkmenistan Cup took place in the conference hall of the Football Federation of Turkmenistan. 9 teams representing the Major League will compete for victory in the upcoming season.

According to the regulations, the teams “Merv” and “Shagadam”, which took the last two places in the last season of the Turkmenistan football championship, will meet in the preliminary round. The winner of the preliminary round will meet "Altyn Asyr" in the quarterfinals, according to the draw.

Results of the draw:

FC "Arkadag" - "Shagadam"

"Nebitchi" - "Ashgabat"

"Ahal" - "Kopetdag"

"Altyn Asyr" is the winner of the preliminary round.

The Cup preliminary round matches will take place on August 11th and 14th. The first games of the quarterfinals will be held on August 24-25, the return games on September 2-3.

Football players of the "Arkadag" team will play with "Ahal" in the match for the 2024 Turkmenistan Football Super Cup, FFT reports.

Let us remind you that last season “Arkadag”, under the leadership of head coach Vladimir Bayramov, won two trophies - the Major League and the Turkmenistan Cup, and will now play for the Super Cup with “Ahal”, which became the finalist of the National Cup.

The Super Cup match is scheduled for September 28. The organizers will inform you about the place and time of the game later.

It is worth noting that "Ahal" already won the Super Cup in 2014, while "Arkadag" will compete for this trophy for the first time.

The current winner of the Super Cup is "Altyn Asyr", which beat "Shagadam" with a score of 3:1 in 2022. The tournament was not held in 2023.

Turkmen mixed martial arts fighter Dovletjan Yagshimuradov will fight in the semifinals of the PFL regular season.

His opponent in the light heavyweight category will be Australian Rob Wilkinson.

The semi-final fights in the lightweight and light heavyweight divisions will take place in Hollywood (USA) in the early morning of August 17. The fight between Yagshimuradov and Wilkinson will take place at approximately 06:00 Ashgabat time.

Let us note that in the final match for reaching the semi-finals, Dovletjan Yagshimuradov defeated Cameroonian Simon Biyong. In turn, Wilkinson defeated Joshua Silveira from the USA by split decision.