The Ashgabat -2017 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games are set to get underway on 16 September with two early medal events (Traditional Wrestling and Jiu-jitsu), followed by the Opening Ceremony on 17 September. As befitting a sporting event of this size taking place on the most populous continent in the world, Ashgabat -2017 boasts some truly impressive numbers in the “facts and figures” department, with a massive cast of characters, incredible feats of engineering and infrastructure, in...

During celebration ceremony in Sport Hotel of the Olympic village on occasion of 10 days until the beginning of Ashgabat 2017 Games, President of Turkmenistan received the certificates proving the registration of the facilities of the Olympic village in Ashgabat in the Guinness World Records Book. These are the image of ahalteke horse in the Olympic village and Aquatic Sports Complex with the largest indoor swimming pool. Representative of the Guinness World Records Book Victor Fenes Vacase h...

Athletes of the country’s national kurash team undergo the final training session in one of the most picturesque places in Turkmenistan - Goekdere resort as part of preparation for the Games “Ashgabat 2017”, during which the best wrestlers will be determined. Athletes are prepared for the competitions by head coach of kurash team, Honored Trainer of Uzbekistan and World Champion Olimdzhon Khaitov. Having started under his instructions intensive trainings in April of current year, the Turkmen...

The core of the ideology of Turkmenistan's foreign policy is the all-round assistance of non-military, political and diplomatic means to the creation of a solid and long-term system of universal security. The concept of the indivisibility of the concept of security developed by the President of Turkmenistan, which in itself is a serious contribution to modern political science, is today the theoretical basis for implementing Turkmenistan's foreign policy strategy. Hence the readiness of our c...

Within the preparation for the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games the draw was held for the futsal tournament. The national team of Turkmenistan which acts in group "A", will compete with teams from Vietnam, Taipei (China), Hong Kong (China) and Solomon Islands. It should be noted that in the «Ashgabat 2017» the futsal tournament is one of the most anticipated ones. Before the toss-up ceremony chief executive officer of the «Ashgabat 2017» James Bulley told its participants about stories o...

Making a tour of the Ashgabat Olympic Complex, President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov has attended an exhibition entitled “Dishes of the 2017 Asian Games”, timed to mark the 30-day countdown to the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Festivities to celebrate Turkmen Melon Day and honor melons (which have been nicknamed “The Queen of the Field”) were well underway in the Complex. To mark the occasion, exhibitions of melons and pavilions were arranged in the Olympic Complex to showcase the be...

Tickets for the upcoming Ashgabat 2017 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games will go on sale across the country on Saturday 29 July. With more than 700,000 tickets available for more than 220 sessions, spectators will be able to watch the best athletes from Asia and Oceania compete over 12 days of competition and across 21 sports. All session, including preliminary rounds and medal events, can be found on the Sport Competition Schedule, which the public can reference to choose the events th...