Day three of competition at the Ashgabat 2017 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games will ratchet up the intensity significantly, with medal events slated to take place in six sports, including Indoor Athletics, Ju Jitsu, Taekwondo, Track Cycling, Traditional Wrestling, and Weightlifting.  Eight gold medals are up for grabs on the opening day of Indoor Athletics competitions at Ashgabat 2017, including crowd-pleasers such as men’s and women’s 60m Hurdles, men’s Pole Vault, and the Pentathlon...

On September 16, 2017 the first game day in the V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games ended. The official opening of the Games took place on September 17, but the first sets of jiu-jitsu and the national Turkmen wrestling awards was played, the futsal team matches started. As a result of the first day of the competition, the Turkmen team leads with 37 medals, including 16 gold, 14 silver and 7 bronze medals. The first "gold" in the treasury of the national team brought the competition in jiu-...

The President of Turkmenistan made a speech at the opening ceremony of the 5th Asian indoor and martial arts games. «Today in Ashgabat we start the 5th Asian indoor and martial arts games. I warmly congratulate on this significant event my compatriots, our dear visitors, international sports public, - the head of the state told. 7 years ago - on December 17, 2010 - in the city of Al Kuwait a bilateral document between the Olympic committee of Turkmenistan and the Olympic Council of Asia on...

The official opening ceremony of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games is well underway in the Turkmen capital. It is attended by President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov, heads of state and government of some countries, foreign leading figures and other honorary guests. In the afternoon, the head of state arrived at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Among those who gathered to mark the event were Cabinet Deputies Chairman, Ashgabat city khyakim, senior officials of military and law enfo...

Ruhyet Palace hosted the award ceremony of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov with high award of the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation – the Order Duslyk, which was commended to Turkmen leader by the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.  The Chairperson of the Mejlis, deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, members of the Government delegation of the Republic of Tatarstan and mass media representatives took part in the ceremonial event. Opening the...

The 500-day horse relay that started on 5 May 2016 at the walls of Nisa State Historical and Cultural Reserve has finished. Back then not only thousands of our compatriots that gathered at the ancient monument, but also representatives of the Olympic Council of Asia and mass media witnessed the festivities to celebrate the beginning of this grand relay. And early in the morning today, 500 days later, the horsemen arrived at the festively decorated Ahalteke Equestrian Complex at the foothills...

Ceremonial award of Turkmen Leader with the highest award of Moldova – the Order of the Republic took place after the meeting of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov with President of the Republic of Moldova Igor Dodon.  Presenting the award Igor Dodon Said:  Esteemed Mr President! Let me express the gratitude on behalf of the people and the Government of Moldova for that large-scale work that you do for consolidation of our bilateral relations. The people of Moldova is grat...