The German national team won with a score of 2:0 over the Hungarian team in the second round match of the group stage of the European Football Championship and guaranteed itself access to the playoffs of the tournament.

The meeting was held in Stuttgart.

The goals for the German national team were scored by Jamal Musiala (22nd minute) and Ilkay Gundogan (67th minute).

In another group “A” match, the teams of Switzerland and Scotland tied 1:1. The Scots opened the scoring through Scott McTominay (13th minute), but the Swiss managed to come back thanks to a goal from Xherdan Shaqiri (26th minute).

After two rounds, the Swiss team scored 4 points and ranks second in group A. The Scots are in third place with 1 point. The German team is in the lead with 6 points, while the Hungarian team is at the bottom of the standings with no points scored. The German team has already guaranteed itself access to the 1/8 finals of the tournament.

In the final round, the Scottish team will play with the Hungarian team, and the Swiss will meet with the Germans. These matches will be held on June 23.

The European Championships are attended by 24 teams, divided into 6 groups. The two best teams from each quartet and the four best teams from the third places will advance to the 1/8 finals. The final match of the tournament will be held on July 14 in Berlin.

Today, June 20, will be the sixth game day of the European Championship. It will include three matches: teams from group C will start, Slovenia will meet with Serbia, and Denmark will meet with England. After that, we will move to group B, where the Spaniards and Italians will play each other.

Euro 2024 schedule for June 20, Ashgabat time:

Slovenia - Serbia. 18:00;
Denmark - England. 21:00;
Spain - Italy. 23:55.

The famous Turkmen football coach Kurban Berdyev was awarded the honorary title “Honored Coach of the Republic of Dagestan”. This was reported by the press service of the Dynamo Makhachkala football club.

Let us remember that Berdyev was previously the head coach of this club, and now holds the position of advisor to the president. At the end of the last season, Dynamo Makhachkala entered the Russian Premier League.

Earlier, information appeared that Kurban Berdiyev would become the head coach of the Azerbaijani football club Turan. According to reports, on June 21, the coach will arrive in Baku from Dagestan, where, presumably, a contract will be signed under the “2+1” year scheme. Turan vice-president Ali Balakishiev noted that Berdyev planned a gathering of all team players for June 24, RIA Novosti writes.

On June 19, in the quarterfinal match of the 2024 Kyrgyz Republic Football Cup, “Abdysh-Ata” beat “Alga” with a score of 2:0. The meeting was held in Kant at the “Nitro Arena” stadium, writes Sport.kg.

In the 40th minute, ex-forward of the Turkmenistan national team Suleyman Muhadov opened the scoring, beating “Alga” goalkeeper Amirov in close combat. And in stoppage time, Erbol Abduzhaparov doubled “Abdysh-Ata's” lead, shooting accurately from the penalty line.

The final score of 2:0 allowed “Abdysh-Ata” to reach the semi-finals, where it will meet the winner of the “Talent” – “Dordoi” pair.

Turkmenistan national team midfielder Teymur Charyev also plays for “Abdysh-Ata”. In the upcoming 2024/25 season, the current champion of Kyrgyzstan will take part in the qualifications of the AFC Challenge League.

On August 13, “Abdysh-Ata” will play against the Afghan champion Attack Energy in the preliminary round. The winner of this match will advance to the group stage of the third most important club tournament in Asia.

Previously, 5 clubs from Turkmenistan were licensed by the AFC and received the right to participate in international tournaments in the 2024/2025 season. “Arkadag” will play in the group stage of the AFC Challenge League, and “Altyn Asyr” will play in the qualification of the AFC-2 Champions League.

On June 18, two matches took place at the European Football Championship in Germany. The teams from group "F" were playing.

Turkey - Georgia

The national teams of Georgia and Turkey met in the first match of the game day in Dortmund. The match ended with the victory of the Turkish team with a score of 3:1.

In the 25th minute, Mert Muludur put Turkey ahead. Georges Mikautadze equalized in the 32nd minute. In the 62nd minute, Arda Guler brought the Turkish national team forward again with a long‑range shot. In the added time, Kerem Aktyurkoglu hit the empty gate.

Portugal - Czech Republic

In the second match of the day, the teams of Portugal and the Czech Republic met in Leipzig. The match ended with a 2-1 victory for the Portuguese.

In the 62nd minute, Lukasz Wire put the Czechs ahead. In the 69th minute, the defender of the Czech national team cut the ball into his own goal. Francisco Conceicau brought victory to the Portuguese in added time. It should be noted that Ronaldo entered the field from the first minutes and played the whole match.

Turkey and Portugal scored 3 points each after the first round, Georgia and the Czech Republic scored 0 points.

In the second round of the group round, the Portuguese national team will play with the Turkish team, and the Czechs will meet with the Georgian national team. Both matches will take place on June 22.

The Boston Celtics club became the champion of the National Basketball Association (NBA). This happened following the results of the fifth match against the Dallas Mavericks, in which the hosts won with a score of 106:88. Thus, the score in the series of up to four wins became 4-1.

Boston forward Jason Tatum scored the most points in the match. He scored 31 points, eight rebounds and 11 assists. Luka Doncic became the most productive member of the Dallas team, who made a triple-double: 28 points, made 12 rebounds and gave 12 assists.

Tatum also beat Kobe Bryant's record for the most playoff points scored before the age of 27 in NBA history. Now he has 2,711 points to his credit, surpassing the achievement of the legendary Bryant (2,694).

Boston defender Jaylen Brown was named the best player of the playoffs.

For the Boston club, this is the 18th victory in history, which is the best result of the second place for Los‑Los Angeles Lakers (17 wins).

Three matches were held as part of the 4th game day of the Euro 2024 in Germany.

Group "E"

Belgium - Slovakia (0:1)

The Belgians, who have never lost in 14 matches under the leadership of Domenico Tedesco, lost to the Slovaks, conceding the only goal in the seventh minute. The Slovaks took advantage of the mistake of Belgian Jeremy Doku — it was he who carelessly passed into his penalty area, and a couple of seconds later Ivan Schranz scored the winning goal from finishing.

Most of the match took place under enormous pressure from the Belgian national team, who missed several great moments. The antihero is Romelu Lukaku. The best scorer in the history of Belgium (85 goals) I didn't take advantage of two chances in the first half, and after the break I finally scored, and twice - but both goals were cancelled out. Romelu scored the first goal from a small offside position, the second was not counted due to the fact that Lua Openda, who assisted him, played with his hand.

In the next round, the Belgians will face Romania. Slovakia will play Ukraine.

Romania — Ukraine (3:0)

Ukrainians have brought one of the best generations in their history to the European Championship. It seemed that the stars of the Premier League and La Liga would not notice modest Romania, which had previously won only one victory in the final part of the tournament — in 2000, beat England (3:2) in the final round of the group stage. But everything did not go according to the plan of Rebrov's team.

Nicolae Stancu opened the scoring with a gorgeous long-range shot in the 29th minute. The Romanian captain took advantage of the inconsistency of Nikolai Matvienko and Andrei Lunin — the defender gave the goalkeeper under pressure, and he took the ball straight to the opponent's feet. In the second half, Romania doubled the advantage with another shot from afar — and again the goal happened thanks to a mistake by the goalkeeper of Real Madrid: Lunin missed the ball at hand. Almost immediately, Romania finished off the floating opponent with the third ball.

Ukrainians started the Euro with a failure, and Romania scored the biggest victory at major tournaments in the country's history. 3:0 — absolutely to the point.

Group "D"

Austria — France (0:1)

Under the leadership of Didier Deschamps, the French national team plays at the Euro in the status of one of the main favorites, so it would be unpleasant to make a mistake in the first round.

The French pressed in the first half, but rarely created chances. The Austrians also rarely threatened Mike Menyan's goal, but they showed off their defensive skills — in just 45 minutes they became the leaders of the tournament in terms of the number of selections (19). Even France's goal turned out to be quite accidental: the French covered the opponent in the right corner of the penalty area, after which Kylian Mbappe hung, and Austrian defender Maximilian Weber cut the ball into his own goal. The score became 1-0, thanks to an autogall.

The second half was mostly under the control of the Austrians, but their possession rarely led to dangerous moments. The French periodically stung with counterattacks — after one of them Mbappe even flew one-on-one, but shot past the goal. Rangnik's wards ended the match without any real scoring chances — the Tricolor scored three points in economy mode, but probably lost their main star.

After giving a free kick, Kilian unsuccessfully punched his head and tangentially crashed into the defender's shoulder: judging by the footage of the displaced nasal septum and the amount of time doctors spent to stop the bleeding, we may be talking about a fracture.

France will play the Netherlands in the next match.

A new page has been written into the history of the Turkmen sports movement: our national team took part for the first time in the Football World Cup among schoolchildren born in 2007-2008, held in the city of Dalian (People's Republic of China). This is reported by the newspaper "Neutral Turkmenistan".

56 teams from 33 countries took part in the tournament. The national teams of Brazil, Mexico, Germany and Uganda played in the same group with the Turkmen national team.

Turkmen football players led by Bayramdurdy Meredov and Eziz Annamukhammedov won over the teams of Brazil (3:0) and Mexico (2:0). The goals in these matches were scored by Mukhammedali Durdyev, Timur Jalilov, Orazguly Orazgulyev, Berdimyrat Danatarov. Goalkeeper Davut Davatov, forwards Omar Datdov and Begench Vepalyev demonstrated an excellent game.

Unfortunately, two victories were not enough to make it to the next round, because in the duels with Germany and Uganda, the Turkmen football players still lost in a stubborn struggle.

And here it is worth saying that our group was one of the strongest, since the Ugandan national team was able to reach the final, where in a penalty shootout they lost to representatives of the hosts of the World Cup, the Chinese national team.

In the autumn of 2024, Turkmen fans will have the opportunity to support their favorite local clubs at the Asian club tournaments of the new 2024/2025 season.

According to information published on the website of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Turkmenistan has received one quota to participate in the AFC-2 Champions League. The application for participation in this tournament was submitted by Altyn Asyr. Another quota was provided for the AFC Challenge League, which was claimed by FC Arkadag.

Both Turkmen clubs will represent their country at prestigious Asian club competitions in the upcoming season.

With the start of the new season in Asia, a new format for club tournaments comes into force. Instead of two tournaments, as it was before, there will now be three competitions, similar to the European system: the Champions League, the Europa League and the Conference League.

New Asian Competitions

• AFC Elite Champions League — (24 clubs);
• AFC Champions League 2 — (32 clubs);
• AFC Challenge League — (20 clubs).

It is expected that the draw for the group stage will take place at the end of August, determining the composition of participants and the distribution of groups in the above-mentioned tournaments.

Earlier, we reported that five clubs from Turkmenistan have received licenses to participate in AFC tournaments.

The Italian national team defeated Albania in the first round of the Euro 2024 group stage.

The match of group B was held in Dortmund and ended with the victory of Luciano Spaletti's team with a score of 2:1. The Albanians opened the account in this meeting — Nedim Bayrami scored already on the 22nd second. This goal was the fastest in the history of the European Championships.

By the 16th minute, the Italians took the lead. Alessandro Bastoni scored first, then Nicolo Barella. The score did not change in the second half. The result is a 2-1 victory for the Italian national team.

The England national team beat Serbia with a minimum score at Euro 2024 in Germany.

The match in Gelsenkirchen ended with a score of 1:0. The only goal was scored in the 13th minute, when Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham closed the canopy of Arsenal player Bukayo Saka with his head.

In group C, along with the national teams of England and Serbia, the teams of Denmark and Slovenia are represented, the match between which ended in a 1-1 draw. In the second round of the group stage, on June 20, England will play the Danes, and the Serbs will play the Slovenes.

Five clubs from Turkmenistan – “Arkadag”, “Altyn Asyr”, “Nebitchi”, “Ahal” and “Ashgabat” - have successfully completed the licensing process of the Asian Football Confederation and received the right to participate in international tournaments under the auspices of the AFC in the 2024/2025 season. This was reported by the press service of the Football Federation of Turkmenistan.

Club licensing is a key tool for the AFC to raise quality standards and ensure adequate governance and infrastructure in club football.

According to the received licenses published on the AFC website, Turkmenistan received one quota for the AFC-2 Champions League, for which “Altyn Asyr” applied, and one quota for the AFC Challenge League, for which “Arkadag” applied.

On the eve of important international starts, including the Olympic Games in Paris, the Turkmenistan national weightlifting team arrived for training camps in Georgia under the guidance of an experienced 52-year-old Chinese specialist Lin Shufeng, the Turkmenistan newspaper reports: The Golden Age."

Lin Shufeng, the bronze medalist of the 1991 Junior World Championship in the weight category up to 75 kg and a participant in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, was invited to the coaching staff of the Turkmen national team last autumn. Under his leadership, Turkmen weightlifters won a number of medals of various denominations in December 2023 at the international Grand Prix II tournament in Doha (Qatar), in February 2024 at the Asian Championship in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) and in April this year at the World Cup in Phuket (Thailand).

Working in tandem with the head coach of the national team, Mansur Rejepov, experienced Chinese mentor Lin Shufeng conducts intensive training for 8 athletes at the sports base of the famous Georgian ski resort Bakuriani. Special attention is paid to the preparation of 23-year-old Davranbek Khasanbayev, who won a ticket to the Olympic Games in Paris.