Ashgabat 2017 launches Ticket Sales across Turkmenistan

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...

Proud ceremony marks 100-Day countdown to Ashgabat 2017

11Jun

The 100-Day Countdown for the Ashgabat 2017 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games was celebrated in grand style at the multi-functional stadium in the Turkmen city of Mary.

Over 100 media personnel, from all across the globe, attended the colourful ceremony that featured thousands of dancers and carefully choreographed cultural programmes, all organised in conjunction with a multi-day International Media Forum held in Ashgabat and Mary.

It was organised to welcome media to Turkm...

Ashgabat stages an exhibition entitled “Dishes of the 2017 Asian Games”

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...

The draw was held for the futsal tournament of the «Ashgabat 2017»

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...

NEW POST STAMPS WILL BECOME SOUVENIRS FOR SPORTSMEN AND FANS OF THE 5TH ASIAN INDOOR AND MARTIAL ARTS GAMES

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 PREPARES TO PARTICIPATION IN THE 72ND SESSION OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

During the session of the Government on September 8, 2017, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R. Meredov made the report on the preparation to the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Head of the MFA stated the priority positions of our country that would be presented during the forum of the United Nations in New York. Support of universal peace, security and stability is outlined as the key vector of the activity of Tu...

THE POLICY OF TURKMENISTAN IN THE FIELD OF DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY

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...

Turkmen kurash team aims at gold of the Ashgabat 2017 Games

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...

Turkmen Leader is awarded with certificates on registering of the Olympic facilities in the World Records Book

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...

REFUGEE TEAM FROM AFRICA TO COMPETE IN INDOOR ATHLETICS TRACK EVENTS

The refugee team of five athletes taking part in Ashgabat 2017 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 after trials organised by the Tegla...