The refugee team of five athletes taking part in the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games has been named and will compete in the Indoor Athletics track events.  The delegation’s Chef de Mission is Kenya’s legendary marathon runner Tegla Loroupe, who will be joined by two more officials and a coach.  The five athletes – Paulo Amotun Lokoro (entered in 1500m), Wiyual Puok Deng (400m), Gai Yang Tap (800m), Ukuk Uthoo Bul (3000m), and Yiech Pur Biel (800m) – were selected for Ashgabat 2017...

The thematic exhibition opened in the State Museum on the eve of the 2017 Asian Games. Participants of the V Asian Games and guests to the Turkmen capital are provided with the opportunity to learn more about the unique exhibits, telling about the history of sports movement in our country as well as interesting facts of life of distinguished Turkmen athletes.  The organizers of the exposition invite the visitors to look deep into the centuries, when the ancient intellectual game – chess was b...

These days, thousands of foreign guests arrive in Turkmenistan capital to participate in the V Asian indoor and martial arts games, the grand opening of which will be held on September 17. Large-scale arrangements for the preparation of major international competitions, held for the first time in Central Asia, attracted the attention of representatives of the world sports community, spectators and fans from all over the world.  Ashgabat lives in the Asiada, the whole atmosphere of the capital...

Within the framework of the jubilee, thirtieth Moscow International Book Fair, the awarding ceremony of the winners of the International Contest of the CIS Member States "The Art of the Book" had been held. And all four books submitted by Turkmenistan were awarded the highest awards. This year, 87 editions in 10 nominations contested for the diplomas of the contest "The Art of the Book".  Turkmen publishers have more than once won the winners' diplomas and prizes in several nominations. But n...

In honor of the Ashgabat -2017 the Ministry of Communications of Turkmenistan has issued two series of post stamps. One of them with the mascot of the Games – alabai Wepaly demonstrating all sports included in the program of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, another - with their icons. Together they represent a small "story" of symbolics of the Games. Considering that a post stamp is one of the attributes of statehood, such as flag, coat of arms, national anthem or passport, issue...

Turkmenistan holds the world’s fourth proven natural gas reserves, today it ranks among the main suppliers of “blue-sky fuel” in the Central Asian region. Due to its favorable geopolitical position and rich deposits of hydrocarbons, our country has a huge potential for increasing gas export to various destinations, including European and Asian markets.  An obvious example of this is the Turkmenistan-China transnational gas pipeline, which embodies the idea to recreate the Silk Route, uniting...

Composition of refugee team that would participate in athletics at the sport arena of Ashgabat 2017 Games was defined.  According to the Executive Committee for preparation of V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, the refugee team will be headed by Tegla Lorupe – the legend of marathon distance from Kenya.  Composition of the team for participation in Ashgabat 2017 Games was formed after qualifying competitions organized under the Peace Fund aegis, which was founded by Tegla Lorupe in Nai...