Barcelona beat Manchester City in a friendly match.

The match took place in Orlando (Florida, USA). The teams tied in regular time — 2:2.

Barcelona's Pau Delgado and Pablo Torre scored, while Manchester City's Nico O'Reilly and Jack Grealish scored. In the penalty shootout, the Spanish team's players were stronger — 4:1.

Josep Guardiola's team came back twice during the match.

Eziz Penjiyev, a promising Turkmen mixed martial artist, is preparing for his first performance within the framework of the new Fight Nights project for young talents – RDD Series. The fight will be held on August 4, where Penjiyev will meet with Tajikistan’s Nurali Jobirov.

Penjiyev has already made a name for himself in the professional arena. In November 2023, he scored an impressive victory over Russian Sergey Tolmachev at the AMC Fight Nights 120 tournament, finishing the fight with a choke.

This victory was the debut for the Turkmen athlete in the Fight Nights rings.

For the first time after a long break of eight years, Turkmenistan held a national chess championship among veterans, i.e. older players who have already turned 50 and 65 years old. This was reported by the Chess Federation of Turkmenistan

The championship was held in the specialized chess and checkers school of the city of Ashgabat.

The last time such a tournament was held was in 2016, and the legendary chess player, International Master Amanmurad Kakageldiyev, won it.

This time, the first two lines in the final table were occupied by the head coach of the physical education and sports club for the disabled in Ashgabat and Ahal velayat, Master of Sports Aydogdy Atabayev (52 years old, FIDE rating - 2086) and the coach of the specialized chess and checkers school of the city of Ashgabat, FIDE Master Serdarguly Bayramsahedov (56 years old, rating - 2216), who scored 7.5 points out of 9 possible.

According to additional indicators, the gold medal was won by the slightly younger Aydogdy Atabayev.

FIDE Master Mikhail Chommyev (62 years old, rating - 2160) was one point behind the leaders and took third place.

In the category of chess players over 65 years old, the competition was no less fierce. Four chess players, each with 4.5 points, were competing for the gold medal. As a result, the winner was 75-year-old candidate for master of sports from the Mary velayat, Halim Mayliyev (rating - 1924). The silver medal went to 79-year-old chess player from the Lebap velayat Chary Sultanov (1707), who was also awarded the prize "For the will to win" from one of the sponsors of the tournament. The top three in the senior category was closed by 71-year-old chess player from the Dashoguz velayat Myrat Yakubov (1739).

In the women's category "50+", the only participant in the tournament was in the lead - the head coach of the Lebap velayat, Guljahan Ovlyakuliyeva, who fought on par with men and scored 3.5 points.

The winners received the right to represent Turkmenistan at the World and Asian Championships among veterans over 50 and 65 years old.

The tournament, which was held according to the Swiss system in 9 rounds, was attended by 18 players.

FC Ahal signed a contract with three players before the third round of the Turkmenistan Football Championship. This was reported by the Football Federation of the country.

Ahead of the second half of the season, Ahal was joined by — player of Balkanabat Nebitchi Makhtymberdy Berenov and Azat Rakhmanov from FC Ashgabat. Also, former goalkeeper Rakhat Dzhaparov returned to the team.

After 16 rounds of the championship, Ahal is in 3rd place in the standings, having scored 34 points.

The qualification for the Olympic women's 100m backstroke has ended. Aynura Primova finished third in her heat with a time of 1:10.17, but this was not enough to reach the semi-finals.

The 16 athletes with the best times advanced to the semi-finals. The 17-year-old Turkmen swimmer, who made her debut at the Paris Olympics, took 35th place overall, ending the fight for medals.

Primova became one of the youngest participants in the Olympic swimming competitions.

It is worth noting that at the 2023 World Junior Championships, she set three national records in backstroke: 50 m - 31.60, 100 m - 1:07.67, 200 m - 2:29.24.

On July 29, at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, Turkmen judoka Maysa Pardayeva won her first fight in the 57 kg weight category.

In a tense fight, Pardayeva managed to defeat her experienced opponent from China, Cai Qi, who is a bronze medalist of several prestigious international tournaments.

This is Pardayeva's Olympic debut, and her victory has already proven that she is ready to compete at the highest level. In the next round, the Turkmen athlete will face Brazilian Rafaela Silva, who is ranked 4th in the world judo rankings.

19 years old Maysa Pardayeva, representing Turkmenistan in judo, completed her performance at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, reaching the 1/8 finals in the 57 kg weight category. The Olympic debutant won in the first round against Chinese athlete Kai Qi.

In the second round, Pardayeva faced a more experienced opponent, 32-year-old Brazilian Rafaela Silva, the 2016 Olympic champion and two-time world champion. Despite a tough fight, the Turkmen athlete failed to defeat her opponent.

This is Pardayeva's first appearance at the Olympic Games, although she already has experience of international competitions. In 2023, she won a bronze medal at the XIX Summer Asian Games in Huangzhou. At that time, the athlete shared her dream of becoming an Olympic champion.

To celebrate the 33rd Summer Olympic Games 2024, which kicked off in Paris and other cities in France on July 26, six NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station decided to hold their own mini-Olympics.

The International Space Station has released a two-minute video showing the astronauts' activities.

The video begins with the passing of the Olympic flame. Janet Epps passes the flame to Mike Barratt, Sunita Williams, Tracy Caldwell Dyson, and finally Butch Wilmore, who is in the station's dome with the Earth in the background.

The astronauts then begin to prepare for their competitions.

They concluded by wishing all the athletes a successful performance at the Olympics.

"We can't imagine how difficult it must be to be a world-class athlete playing sports in real gravity. "So from all of us on board the International Space Station, to every athlete at the Olympic Games, good luck!" said Matthew Dominic.

Almost 17,000 athletes who arrived at the Olympic Games in Paris received a specially designed flexible smartphone model Galaxy 7 Flip6 Olympic Edition.

Samsung has unveiled the Olympic version of the recently developed smartphone Galaxy7 Flip6. The device is equipped with artificial intelligence technologies from Galaxy AI. Samsung's product became available to athletes before the official launch.

As for the advanced artificial intelligence functions from Galaxy AI, they will provide a real-time language translation function for calls, which will allow instant translation of what is said in phone calls into 16 languages. A live conversation translation function is also available, which will allow athletes to communicate with other athletes and volunteers. The letter translation function allows you to compose emails and posts on social networks in applications.

The Olympians were given smartphones with 100 GB eSIM cards; Olympic applications will be pre-installed there, including a schedule and a transport map. You can also get free drinks from vending machines (the partner is Coca-Cola) via Samsung Wallet.

By the way, the Galaxy 7 Flip6 Olympic Edition uses Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 as a processor, 12 GB of RAM, and the smartphone's memory ranges from 256 GB to 512 GB. The main camera has a 50 MP resolution (f/1.8 85° lens with OIS) with 2x zoom. Macro photos can be taken with AI zoom up to 10x. There is also a 12 MP wide-angle camera (123°) and a 10 MP selfie camera (1.22 µm, 85°).

The main flexible screen is an LTPO panel (low-temperature polycrystalline oxide, a step up from OLED) with a diagonal of 6.7”, a small display of 3.4” 720x748 with a brightness of 1600 nits. The protection level is IP48, Armor Aluminum and Gorilla Glass Victus 2 are used as body materials. A 4000 mAh battery is installed, both wired and wireless charging. Both a physical SIM card and an eSIM are provided, there is Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3.

Juventus lost to Nuremberg with a crushing score in a friendly match. The match ended with a score of 3:0 in favor of the German team.

Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic missed a penalty in the 71st minute with the score 0:1.

Nuremberg finished the 2023/24 season in 12th place in the Second Bundesliga, Juventus became the third in Serie A.

The football club "Shagadam" from the city of Turkmenbashi announced the appointment of a new head coach. The team was led by 73-year-old Ali Gurbani, who replaced Yevgeny Tkachenko in this post. It is noteworthy that Tkachenko remains at the club and will work as Gurbany's assistant. This is reported by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan. During his career, Gurbany has worked with several leading clubs in the country, and is also an honored coach of Turkmenistan. Currently "Shagadam" under the leadership of Ali Gurbany, is holding a training camp in Kartep, Turkey. The training sessions will last until August 8, where the new mentor is working on the tactics of the team and preparing it for the upcoming matches. Strengthening before the resumption of the Turkmen championship, Shagadam actively worked in the summer transfer window, signing four new players. Three players from Ashgabat joined the team: Shatlyk Kurbanov, Didar Tejenov and Hojanazar Kurbanov. The goalkeeper position was strengthened by Muhamed Ovezov, who previously played for "Energetik". In addition, several players from the reserve team were transferred to the main team. After 16 rounds, Shagadam takes 4th place in the championship of Turkmenistan, scoring 24 points. The team will resume its participation in the tournament on August 21 with a home match against "Nebichi" in the framework of the Balkan derby.

The national team of Turkmenistan took part in the opening ceremony of the XXXIII Summer Olympic Games 2024 in Paris.

Instead of the usual passage of athletes along the track and field track at the stadium, the audience saw a "swim" along the Seine River.

The flag of the country was carried by judoists of the Turkmen national team Serdar Rahimov and Maisa Pardayeva.

The ferry route passed by the most famous sights of Paris – Notre Dame Cathedral, Louvre, Grand Palais, Eiffel Tower. In parallel with the parade of participants, a show unfolded along the entire route, in which 3,000 artists took part.