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From June 15 to July 11, the Turkmenistan swimming team successfully held a training camp in Batumi, Georgia. The main goal was to improve the sportsmanship of the participants before the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris, scheduled for the period from July 26 to August 11.
Let us remind you that at the Olympic Games in Paris, Turkmenistan will be represented in swimming by Musa Zhalayev (100 meters, freestyle) and Ainura Primova (100 meters backstroke).
12 Turkmen athletes trained at the training camp, organized under the guidance of experienced coaches Dmitry Novikov and Mark Pilyugin. A special training program ensured a high level of competitiveness for the participants before the upcoming competitions.
The men's team included David Akopyan, Musa Zhalayev, Seyran Nurmyradov, Muhammetmyrat Gutliyev, Alan Muhin and Kurban Hommadov.
The women's team was represented by Enesh, Ejesh and Ainur Primov, Anastasia Morginshtern, Ogulmerjen Nuraeva and Ainur Merdanova.
The European Championship and the America's Cup are already in the past. The main intrigue for the rest of the year: who will win the Ballon d'Or? The ceremony will take place at the end of October in Paris.
Journalists highly value Rodri. Vinicius made his situation worse after the America's Cup
According to Goal.com, the main contender for the Ballon d'Or is Manchester City midfielder Rodri. Last season, he and the club won the English Championship, the Club World Cup and the UEFA Super Cup. And a few days ago he received a gold medal at the European Championship and the title of best football player of the tournament.
On the second line of the Goal rating is Real Madrid striker Vinicius Junior.
Here is what they write about the South American: “When the Brazilian solved his problems with his physical form, he showed himself perfectly. A hat-trick in the Super Cup final with Barça, a productive game in La Liga, outstanding performances in decisive matches of the Champions League. However, this summer things didn't go according to plan. Vinicius scored twice against Paraguay in the group stage of the Copa America, but then earned a ban for the quarter-finals.
As a result, he watched from the stands as his team lost in a penalty shootout. This appears to have opened the door for another Ballon d'Or contender.
Rounding out the top three is Jude Bellingham.
The best footballer of the first half of the 2023/2024 season, he not only scored often, but also did it in important matches. The hype around the Englishman died down somewhat at the start of 2024, partly due to Jude missing matches due to injury and suspension. However, he confirmed his bid for the Ballon d'Or with his tireless performance at the end of the season. Jude helped knock Manchester City out of the Champions League and again scored the winner in El Clasico. He scored two important goals at the Euro, especially the overhead kick that allowed the England team to go into overtime and then not be eliminated from the tournament at the ⅛ final stage.
Victory in the final would certainly have led to Jude's first Ballon d'Or, but now he will most likely have to settle for a place in the top three.
Don’t forget the fourth European 2024 champion with Spain, winner of the Champions League and La Liga with Real Madrid, Dani Carvajal.
The top 5 is completed by America's Cup top scorer Lautaro Martinez. There was still room in the top ten for Toni Kroos, Kylian Mbappe, Harry Kane, Phil Foden and Nico Williams. Is Messi on the list? Yes, he is in 16th place. But Cristiano Ronaldo is not even in the top 20.
The “Merv” football club goes to training camps in the Turkish city of Bolu. The training camp will be held from July 19 to 31. The delegation includes 24 players and 11 official representatives of the club.
In preparation for the new season, “Merv” will play a number of friendly matches. One of the rivals will be the Azerbaijani club “Turan Tovuz”, which was recently headed by the famous Turkmen specialist Kurban Berdyev.
A game is also planned against “Pendikspor”, representing the Turkish First League.
The season for “Merv” will officially resume on August 17. In the 19th round of the Major League of Turkmenistan, the team will go to visit “Nebitchi”. Based on the results of two rounds of the Turkmenistan Championship, “Merv” takes 5th place, gaining 21 points in 16 matches.
The tournament table is headed by “Arkadag” with 48 points. Next come “Altyn Asyr” (37 points), “Ahal” (34 points) and “Shagadam” (24 points).
The Altyn Asyr football club from Ashgabat, which conducts training camps in the Romanian city of Brasov, successfully held its first international friendly match. The Turkmen team met with Metaglobus, representing the second division of the Romanian championship, Jankoyer.com.tm reports.
The match ended with a minimal victory for Altyn Asyr with a score of 1:0. The only goal was scored in the 22nd minute from a penalty kick by midfielder Murat Annaev.
This game became part of Altyn Asyr’s preparation for the upcoming qualifying round of the second AFC Champions League. The decisive match for reaching the group stage of the tournament will take place on August 14 in Kolkata, where the Turkmen team will meet with the Indian club East Bengal.
As the source notes, during the training camp in Romania, Altyn Asyr will play several more friendly matches.
The Football Association of England (FA) has officially announced the resignation of Gareth Southgate from the position of head coach of the national team, reports matchtv.ru.
The 53 years old specialist has led the English team since 2016, having played 102 matches during this time. Under his leadership, the England team achieved significant success, winning silver medals at two major tournaments - EURO 2020 and EURO 2024.
Despite the fact that Southgate's contract ran until the end of 2024, the coach decided to leave his post early. This decision followed the final match of EURO 2024, in which the English lost to Spain with a score of 1:2.
In his nearly eight years in charge, Southgate has managed to take the England national team to the next level, creating a strong and competitive team. His departure marks the end of an important era in the history of English football and leaves the FA tasked with finding a worthy successor.
An award ceremony for the winners and runners-up of the 14th edition of the Silk Road Project took place in the capital of Mongolia. The rally marathon took place from July 5 to July 15.
Crews from 9 countries took part in it (Russian Federation, Belarus, Mongolia, China, Switzerland, Afghanistan, Syrian Arab Republic, Serbia, Turkmenistan).
The crews covered a distance of 5,243 kilometers, including 2,992 kilometers of high-speed sections from Russia to Mongolia. In 2024, the rally route was laid through the Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo regions, Altai Territory and regions of Mongolia.
Serial SUVs
Andrey Sushentsov and Alexander Shchanov from the S&A Racing team won the T2 serial SUV category. The second place was taken by representatives of the "Turkmenavtoulaglary" agency, brothers Merdan and Shohrat Toyliyev, and the crew of the Automobile Sports Federation of Turkmenistan under the control of pilot Maksatmyrat Danatarov and navigator Didar Orazmedov took third place.
A record number of tickets have been sold for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, said the head of the tournament's organizing committee, Tony Estanguet.
Two weeks before the start of the Games, more than 8.6 million tickets have been sold.
— The record belongs to the 1996 Games in Atlanta - 8.3 million tickets, and we have long since surpassed this milestone. To date, 8.6 million tickets have been sold for the Olympic Games and more than one million for the Paralympics. We are proud that we have already broken the record, but we can achieve higher figures,” Estangue was quoted as saying by AFP (Agence France-Presse).
It is noted that the organizing committee predicts that the total number of tickets sold will reach 10 million.
The Olympic Games will be held in Paris from July 26 to August 11. Turkmenistan will be represented by six athletes at the Olympics in Paris.
The 14th edition of the race became a new test for the participants - it was the high-speed first part of the marathon stage, after overcoming which the crews had to independently maintain the equipment.
The tenth stage of the Silk Road Rally connected Bayankhongor and Mandalgobi. The total distance was 562.86 km.
The tenth stage was held in a marathon format: mechanics and assistance crews remained at the bivouac, while the athletes had to independently repair the equipment in case of an accident or malfunction. At the same time, the stage took place along very high-speed steppe roads and winding rocky routes, which required increased attentiveness of navigators and filigree skills of pilots.
Another victory for Danatarov's crew
Maksatmyrat Danatarov today won the T2 series off-road vehicle classification, beating Mikhail Mityaev by a little over six minutes. The top three at the stage were closed by Andrey Sushentsov, the leader in the overall standings.
The gap between the S&A Racing crew before the final stage exceeds five hours. The second place is still occupied by representatives of the Turkmenavtoulaglary agency, brothers Merdan and Shohrat Toylyev, the crew of the Turkmenistan Automobile Sports Federation under the control of pilot Maksatmyrat Danatarov and navigator Didar Orazmedov is in third place. Next in the classification are Mikhail Mityaev and Meilis Abdullaev.
The rally raid will end on July 15.
V noch' s 14 na 15 iyulya proshel final chempionat Yevropy — 2024 po futbolu mezhdu sbornymi Ispanii i Anglii. Vstrecha, proshedshaya v Berline, zavershilas' so schetom 2:1 v pol'zu ispanskoy sbornoy. Schet v matche otkryla Ispaniya na 47-y minute, otlichilsya Niko Uil'yams s peredachi Lamina Yamalya. Angliya sumela sravnyat' na 73-y minute, gol zabil Koul Palmer, yemu assistiroval Dzhud Bellingem. Pobedu na turnire Ispanii prines gol Mikelya Oyarsabalya na 86-y, golevaya peredacha na schetu Marka Kukurel'i. Blagodarya pobede Ispaniya v chetvertyy raz vyigrala Yevro. Raneye ispantsy pobezhdali v 1964, 2008 i 2012 godakh. Angliya vo vtoroy raz podryad proigrala v finale Yevro. SalamNews Link: https://salamnews.tm/rus/news/blog/ispaniya-cempion-yewro-2024-bdfbb6
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On the night of July 14-15, the final of the 2024 European Football Championship took place between the national teams of Spain and England. The meeting, held in Berlin, ended with a score of 2:1 in favor of the Spanish team. Spain opened the scoring in the match in the 47th minute, Nico Williams scored from a pass from Lamin Yamal. England managed to equalize in the 73rd minute, the goal was scored by Cole Palmer, assisted by Jude Bellingham. Victory at the Spain tournament was brought by a goal from Mikel Oyarzabal in the 86th, with an assist from Marc Cucurella. Thanks to the victory, Spain won the Euro for the fourth time. Previously, the Spaniards won in 1964, 2008 and 2012. England lost the Euro finals for the second time in a row.
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".