Oraz Mammetgeldiyev, a specialist in the international relations department of the Football Federation of Turkmenistan (FFT), was included in the Organizing Committee of the Football Federation of Uzbekistan for the 2024 Futsal World Cup. The FFT reported this to Turkmenportal.

Mammetgeldiyev’s participation is aimed at exchanging experience and gaining new knowledge in organizing international tournaments. This decision will strengthen friendly relations between the federations and will contribute to raising the level of football organization in both countries.

The Futsal World Championship will be held from September 14 to October 6, 2024 in three cities of Uzbekistan: Tashkent, Andijan and Bukhara. The CAFA region will be represented by four teams at the tournament: Uzbekistan, Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

Based on the results of the draw, the opponents of the Central Asian teams in the group stage were determined:

Uzbekistan will play with the Netherlands, Paraguay and Costa Rica
Tajikistan will meet with Portugal, Morocco and Panama
Afghanistan was in a group with Argentina, Ukraine and Angola
Iran will compete with France, Venezuela and Guatemala
16 teams will advance to the playoffs: the first and second place finishers in the groups, as well as the four best teams among the third place finishers. They will continue to fight for the championship title.

The current futsal world champion is the Portuguese national team.

The Austrian national team defeated the Netherlands with a score of 3:2 in the match of the third round of the group stage of the European Football Championship, securing access to the playoffs from first place in the group. The match was held in Berlin.

The goals for Austria were scored by Romano Schmid (59th minute) and Marcel Sabitzer (80th minute). Cody Gakpo (47th) and Memphis Depay (75th) scored for the Netherlands. Doniella Malen's own goal opened the scoring in the 6th minute.

In the parallel match of group “D”, the teams of France and Poland tied 1:1. The goals were scored by Kylian Mbappe and Robert Lewandowski.

In the 1/8 finals, Austria will meet the second team of group “F” (Portugal, Türkiye, Czech Republic, Georgia), and France will play the second team of group “E” (Romania, Belgium, Slovakia, Ukraine).

The European Championship will end on July 14. The current champion is the Italian team.

In the 12th round of the Kyrgyzstan football championship, Suleyman Muhadov was recognized as the best player in the meeting between the “Abdysh-Ata” and “Kyrgyzaltyn” teams. A striker from Turkmenistan, playing for “Abdysh-

Ata”, brought his team victory by scoring the decisive goal in the 70th minute of the game.

Thanks to this victory, “Abdysh-Ata” strengthened its lead in the standings, gaining 30 points. The team is ahead of its closest pursuers – “Dordoi” by 5 points and “Alai” by 9 points.

It is worth noting that this is not the first time Muhadov has become a key player for his team. Earlier, his goal helped “Abdysh-Ata” reach the semi-finals of the Kyrgyzstan Cup.

The Italian national team played a draw with the Croatian team in the match of the third round of the group stage of the European Football Championship. The meeting was held in Leipzig and ended with a score of 1:1.

This result permitted the Italians to reach the 1/8 finals of the tournament.

As part of the Croatian national team, Luka Modric scored the goal (55th minute), becoming the oldest goal scorer in the history of the European Championships. Mattia Zaccagni scored for the Italians (90+8).

In the parallel match of group “B”, Spain defeated Albania with a score of 1:0, which permitted them to take first place in the group with nine points. Italy finished second with four points, ahead of Croatia (two points) and Albania (one point).

Now the Italian national team will face Switzerland in the 1/8 finals on June 29 in Berlin. Spain will play one of the third-placed teams on June 30 in Cologne.

Croatia still has a chance to qualify for the knockout stages.

The European Championship will end on July 14. The current winner of the tournament is the Italian team.

The season in the National Hockey League (NHL) has ended. In the decisive seventh match of the Stanley Cup finals, the Florida Panthers from the United States and the Edmonton Oilers from Canada determined the winner of the trophy.

Recall that the Panthers led 3-0 in the final series, but the Canadian club did not give up and equalized the score — 3-3.

The teams started the final match of the series actively and exchanged abandoned goals. In the 5th minute, Carter Verhage put Florida ahead, playing at home, but Matthias Janmark restored equality on the 7th.

The Panthers were able to take the lead in the second twenty minutes after an accurate shot by Sam Rinehart. Edmonton tried to win back the rest of the time, but the Russian goalkeeper of Florida, Sergei Bobrovsky, played very reliably, deflecting 23 of 24 shots at his own goal.

Florida held the winning score and won the Stanley Cup for the first time.

The Football Federation of Turkmenistan (FFT) has announced the start of accepting applications for participation in the tender for the purchase of football, futsal and children's balls. The acceptance of documents will last from June 24 to July 5, 2024.

To participate in the tender, interested parties must provide a complete set of documents, including:

• Legal documents of a company or an individual entrepreneur
• Offer for sample balls with photos
• Information about the company or individual entrepreneur
• List of previous clients
• Confirmation of registration on the State Commodity Exchange of Turkmenistan

This initiative is aimed at providing high-quality equipment for various football programs and competitions held under the auspices of the FFT.

Applications are accepted at the address: 744000, Ashgabat, Berkararlyk etrap, 68 G. Kulieva Street. Additional information can be obtained by phone 75-49-57 or e-mail tkm@the-afc.com .

The FFT invites all interested parties to participate in the tender and contribute to the development of football in Turkmenistan.

Nine medals were won by athletes of the Turkmenistan national team at the Central Asian Championship in traditional karate, held in Almaty. “Turkmenistan: Golden Age” reports this.

The competition brought together about 300 karatekas from five countries, who competed for the titles of the strongest in the disciplines of kata (demonstration of formal exercises) and kumite (fights) in various age categories.

The delegation of Turkmenistan included 12 athletes, nine of whom won 4 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals.

The highest awards were given to:

• Ihlas Annagurbanov (kata, 14-15 years old),
• Ibragim Shagulyev (Kumite, 14-15 years old),
• Nurgeldi Annagurbanov (kata, 18-21 years old),
• Selim Myratdurdyev (Kumite, 22-25 years old).

The silver medalists were:

• Serdar Bayryev (Kumite, 22-25 years old),
• Yagmyrmyrat Sahetmyradov (Kumite, 18-21 years old),
• Gurbannazar Hummedov (Kumite, 22-25 years old).

The following climbed to the third step of the podium:

• Yunus Muhammetgulyev (Kumite, 14-15 years old),
• Myratbek Baltayev (Kumite, 22-25 years old).

In the medal team competition, the Turkmenistan team took third place.

The athletes were prepared for the Central Asian Championship by the head coach of the Turkmenistan national team Dovlet Berdyev and his assistants Kemal Atayev, Diyar Hojayev and Eymur Mademinov.

The national football championship among young men born in 2008-2009 has started in Ashgabat.

8 teams from all velayats of the country and the city of Ashgabat participate in the championship. The teams are divided into two groups. The first two placed teams from each quartet qualify for the semi-finals of the championship.

In the first round of the championship, Altyn Touch beat its peers from the Kuvvatly Bedene team with a large score (7:0). In another match of Group A, Lebap won against Dashoguz with a score of 4:0. The matches in group "B" ended with the victories of the teams of the Sports School and the Balkans. They beat Akhal (5-0) and Mary (3:1) respectively.

The tournament games are held at the Ashgabat multifunctional stadium and will last until June 29th. It is on this day that the match for the 3rd place and the final will take place.

The German national team drew with the Swiss national team in the Euro 2024 match.

The match ended with a score of 1:1. Dan Ndoi scored the only goal for the Swiss national team. He scored in the 28th minute. Niklas Fylkrug scored for Germany in compensated time for the second half.

In a parallel meeting of the quartet "A", the Hungarian national team beat the Scottish team.

The match ended with a score of 1:0. Kevin Chobot scored among the winners. He scored the goal in the tenth extra minute. The player was recognized as the author of the latest goal in the history of the European Championships, not taking into account meetings with extra time (extra-time).

Germany took the first place in the Group A standings, scoring 7 points. The Swiss national team took the second place (5 points). Hungary finished in third place with 3 points. The Scots were eliminated from the Euro, scoring 1 point.

Judoists from Turkmenistan have begun the final stage of preparation for the main start of the four–year anniversary - the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The games will be held from July 26 to August 11.

Currently, the training process for Turkmen athletes is taking place in the Croatian city of Porec.

Here, the Turkmen national team, led by head coach Kazuhiko Tokuno and senior coach Tatyana Vidyasova, will hold intensive training sessions until June 29. After that, the representatives of the national team will go to Spain for training.

In accordance with the results shown by the athletes this season, Serdar Rakhimov will go to the 2024 Olympic Games for men in the weight category up to 66 kg. The women's coveted ticket to the 2024 Games was won by: up to 57 kg - Maysa Pardayeva.

It is important to note that other judoists of the national team of Turkmenistan Hekim Agamammedov (66 kg) and Zulkhumar Dashkinova (63 kg) are also present at the training camp in Croatia. They are sparring partners of Rakhimov and Pardayeva, respectively.

Serdar Rakhimov is 20 years old. He first made people talk about himself in 2023, when he won silver at the European Open Championship in Rome, then won a gold medal at the Junior European Cup in Sarajevo and became a silver medalist at the Junior Asian Cup in Tashkent.

This year, he was awarded silver medals at the European Open Tournament in Warsaw (Poland) and the European Cup in Riga (Latvia). And in May, he won the first gold for Turkmenistan in judo at Grand Slam tournaments, becoming the winner of the Dushanbe Grand Slam 2024.

19-year-old Maisa Pardayeva first came to the attention in 2022, when she won the Junior Asian Cup in Almaty. In 2023, she repeated the same success at competitions in Tashkent.

In 2023, this talented judoka was also awarded silver at the European Junior Cup 2023 in Sarajevo, bronze at the Asian Open Tournament in Kuwait and at the XIX Asian Summer Games in Hangzhou. In March 2024, she became the bronze medalist of the Grand Slam in Antalya.

Representatives of the Turkmenistan national swimming team are undergoing a training camp (TCB) in Tbilisi, Georgia.

The vehicle started on June 15 and will last until July 10. 12 athletes were involved in the training camp under the guidance of experienced mentors Dmitry Novikov and Mark Pilyugin:

The composition of the men's team: David Hakobyan; Musa Zhalaev; Seyran Nurmyradov; Mukhammetmyrat Gutlyev; Alan Mukhin and Kurban Khommadov.

The composition of the women's team: Enesh, Ejesh and Aynur Primov; Anastasia Morginstern; Ogulmergen Nuraeva and Ainur Merdanova.  

Two mandatory daily training sessions of the Turkmen national team will allow you to prepare as much as possible for the upcoming starts.

On June 22-23, the 14th international children's rhythmic gymnastics tournament “Merry Caravan 2024” will be held in Tashkent. Turkmenistan will be represented by 39 athletes aged 6 to 16 years from Ashgabat, Mary and Turkmenbashy, the country’s Gymnastics Federation reported.

The team is led by senior coach of the national team Fiza Aivazova. The coaching staff also includes Marina Kartashova (Mary), Irina Kostandyan (Balkan) and Elena Ustimova (Ashgabat).

Gymnasts from 10 countries will take part in the tournament: Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Russia, Belarus, Serbia and Mongolia.

Competitions will be held in individual and group programs. Winners in each age category and type of exercise will be awarded medals, diplomas and prizes.

This tournament provides young Turkmen gymnasts with an excellent opportunity to prove themselves on the international stage and gain valuable competitive experience.