Raviliya Kadyrova and Elvira Kadyrova Ashgabat, 25 September 2017 (nCa) — Ashgabat 2017 will wrap up in a few days, and Turkmenistan is leading in the medal count by a wide margin. We attended quite a few matches, mostly semi finals and finals. It was an educative experience in so many different ways. Of course, […]
Contours of increasingly visible benefits of hosting Ashgabat 2017 – Part 2
Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 20 September 2017 (nCa) — As a matter of fact, the spectrum of benefits of hosting international sporting events is quite broad, and flexible, in nature. An area near the centre of this spectrum is the composition and nature of the national identity. Every region, and every country in the region, needs […]
Contours of increasingly visible benefits of hosting Ashgabat 2017
Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 19 September 2017 (nCa) — The V Indoor and Martial Arts Games – officially called Ashgabat 2017 – started with grandeur and fanfare on 17 September 2017. The opening ceremony was like none seen before. Nearly four years in preparation, it was an expensive enterprise, financially as well as in terms of […]
Games torch lights up, starts moving toward Olympic Village
Ashgabat, 8 September 2017 (nCa) — In a ceremony held Thursday simultaneously at the Galkynysh gas field in Mary and the Olympic Village Ashgabat, the torch of Ashgabat 2017 was lighted up and started its majestic movement toward Ashgabat. At Galkynysh, the second largest natural gas field in the world, the Games torch came to […]
Games and Melons – Straight to the Future
nCa Report Ashgabat, 18 August 2017 (nCa) — The 30-day countdown to Ashgabat 2017, the V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, has begun. The Games, even a month before they actually take place, are highlighting Turkmenistan on the world stage. It is important to harness this publicity for the long term benefit. This is […]