Winners of three sets of medals were defined on the fourth days of the World Weightlifting Championship. Men in the weight category up to 67 kg started contesting first. The contest in the snatch was between two Chinese weightlifters. The leadership was taken by Minhao Huang with 152 kg, however, his third attempt to break the world record was unsuccessful. Chen Lijung, who was two kg behind, has also did not managed the third attempt and took the second position. The bronze was taken Julio Rube...

Turkmen sportsmen won four gold medals at the World Ahihara Karate Championship in Gyor (Hungary) on November 2 – 4. The tournament has gathered 200 fighters from 14 countries and was distinguished by friendly atmosphere among the participants despite high competition.  Seyran Potarov (weight category above 85 kg), employee of one of the departments of the Ministry of Automobile Transport of Turkmenistan and Farhat Jumayev (up to 85 kg), officer of law enforcement agency of the country took t...

Charjew etrap, Lebap velayat reported on fulfilment of contractual obligations for production of raw cotton. It delivered 57.5 thousand tons of valuable product.  Charjew etrap is the largest producer of agricultural crops including raw cotton in Amudarya Valley. 18.5 thousand hectares has been sown with this crop this season. Average yield production of each hectare was 3.1 tons of cotton.

The diplomatic mission of Turkmenistan in Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia organized a reception dedicated to the 27th anniversary of Turkmenistan’s independence in the Palace of Culture.  Among the guests of honour to the event were Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud - Governor of Riyadh, Deputy Minister of the Interior of Saudi Arabia Dr. Nasser Bin Abdulaziz Al Daoud, the representatives of the Diplomatic Studies Institute, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies...

The World Weightlifting Championship is continued in Martial Arts Complex of the Olympic village in Ashgabat. Winners in three weight categories were defined on the third day of the competitions. Kristina Shermetova represented Turkmenistan in women’s weight category up to 55 kg. Our Sportswoman tried to show maximum result, however due to the changes of the weight categories, she had to compete in higher category while many other athletes had to compete in lower. Our girl was close to the le...

By the decision of referee team, Turkmen weightlifter Yulduz Jumabayeva received back two silver medals in the weight category up to 45 kg and her two junior records 104 kg in snatch and 179 kg in total were recognized. Technical error of the referees, which happened yesterday during second attempt when she took successfully record weigh, has been admitted. According to the decision, cancelled results of the second attempt were counted, the award ceremony took place and Yulduz received deserved...

On November 2, 2018, Astana – the capital of Kazakhstan hosted the Council meetings of the Heads of Governments of CIS. The delegation from Turkmenistan has participated in the meetings and the delegation was headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan. During restricted meetings, participants have exchanged views on cooperation in urgent economic issues of CIS countries. 15 agenda items on various fields have been discussed by the participants. It has been...