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Azerbaijani football club Sumgayit FK has completed the signing of Iranian center-back Hojjat Haghverdi on Monday. Haghverdi joined Sumgayit after he canceled his contract with Iran's Paykan last week, Tehran Times daily …
Special masks for the pool were invented in Japan, the Asahi newspaper reported. Pools that were closed amid the coronavirus pandemic were reopened on June 1, as the authorities considered that with a sufficient concentration of …
Turkmenistan rebooted its domestic football season yesterday, with fans returning to stadiums in one of the few countries yet to declare a case of coronavirus. Around 300 people attended a top-of-the table clash between last …
A Fed Cup event has had to be moved to Kazakhstan because of health scares caused by the lethal coronavirus in China, the International Tennis Federation said. "The decision to move the event to a different venue was taken due to …
Turkmenistan will host the Davis Cup international tennis tournament stage on June 8-15, 2020. The corresponding decree was signed by Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at a government session. …
Iranian women watched the country’s national football team for the first time in 40 years, celebrating their long-awaited access to the national stadium. About 3,500 women have attended the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification …
Kenes Rakishev will supersede Timur Kulibayev as President of the Boxing Federation of Kazakhstan, according to the KBF press service. "I was reelected as the President of the National Olympic …
Fifa president Gianni Infantino says Iran must start allowing women into football stadiums. Iranian women have been banned from stadiums when men's teams have been playing since just after the Islamic Revolution in 1979, BBC reports. But …
Anel Sydtykova became the first Kazakh athlete, who managed to swim over the English Channel. She swam over the 8-km distance in 15 hours. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev congratulated her on …
UFC 242 headliners Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dustin Poirier came face-to-face today for the first time ahead of their lightweight title unifier in September. The UFC hosted a press conference for the …
The Azerbaijani athlete World and European Champion Ramil Guliyev, representing Turkey, won the Diamond League competitions in Doha. He won gold medal in the 200 meters running event, crossing the line in 19.99 seconds. The …
Czech football player Josef Sural from Turkey’s top tier Aytemiz Alanyaspor was killed after a minibus carrying players from the club crashed while returning from an away match. Sural, a striker for …
The rivalry between lower league Turkish teams Amedspor and Sakaryaspor took a sickening turn when Amedspor captain Mansur Calar reportedly took a razor blade onto the pitch and repeatedly slashed at opponents, injuring 5 of …
A football club titled 'Cumhurbaskanspor' has been established in Turkey for the first time under the Presidential Administration of Turkey, Turkish Football Federation reported. It was noted that the football club was created …
The World Team Championship (Open and Women sections) will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan on March 4-15, FIDE confirms. The women section includes the teams of Russia, Armenia, Hungary, Georgia, Egypt, India, Kazakhstan, China, the U.S. …
Some 2022 World Cup games could be placed outside bid winner Qatar, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said. "Is it feasible to do it only in Qatar? Difficult probably," the FIFA head said. "Is it …
Turkey's Vakıfbank became the winner of the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in China after beating Brazil's Minas Tenis Clube in the final. Vakıfbank dominated its rivals 3-0 in sets ending 25-23, 25-21 …
A commemorative plaque was installed on a house of Kazakhstan’s famous figure skater Denis Ten, who was stabbed to death this summer, the press service of Almaty’s department of sports announced. "The …
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has dropped the Turkish city of Erzurum from a 2026 Winter Olympic bidding contest which had previously seen other possible bids fail. Erzurum had too little experience hosting winter …
Turkish football team Gulspor has sold 18 youth players and bought 10 goats in a bid to earn ‘extra money from milk sales’ which will be used to serve the club’s priority needs. The team’s president Kenan …
