WAshgabat Futbol Kluby is a Turkmen football club based in Ashgabat. They play in the top division of Turkmenistan football, Ýokary Liga. Their home stadium is Nisa Stadium. The club was first founded in 2006, they finished 3rd in their debut year under famous manager Ali Gurbani, who left the club following the home loss to Turan Dasoguz. After Rahym Gurbanmämmedow took charge, the club clinched their first title in 2007.
WFC Lebap is a Turkmenistan football club based in Türkmenabat. Since 2015 they play in the second division, the Birinji liga. Their home stadium is Türkmenabat Stadium which can hold 10,000 people.
WFC Energetik is a Turkmen association football club based in the Türkmenbaşy village, Mary Province. Founded in 2015, club played its first-ever top flight season in 2015. The club reached third position in 2016, their highest achievement.
WThe Football Federation of Turkmenistan is the governing body of football in Turkmenistan.
WGara Altyn Sport Kluby is a Turkmenistani football club based in Balkanabat. They played in the top division in Turkmenistani football in 2008. Their home stadium is Balkanabat Stadium which can hold 10,000 people. Last time played at 2011 Ýokary Liga.
WHazyna Sport Club was a Turkmenistan professional football club based in Ashgabat, formerly of the Ýokary Liga. It is the football team of the Turkmen State Institute of Economics and Management.
WMerw Bedenterbiýe-Sport Futbol Kluby is a Turkmen football club based in Mary, Turkmenistan. They play in national top division, the Ýokary Liga.
WNational Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan is the National Olympic Committee representing Turkmenistan. It is led by the President of Turkmenistan himself, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.
WFootball Club Şagadam is a Turkmen football club based in Türkmenbaşy. Founded in 1991, they play in top division in Turkmenistan football, the Ýokary Liga. Their home stadium is Türkmenbaşy Stadium.
WSaparmurat Turkmenbashy Olympic Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, that stood on the site now occupied by the new Olympic Stadium, built between 2013 and 2017.
WTalyp Sporty Aşgabat is a Turkmen football club based in Aşgabat. They play in the top division in Turkmenistani football, the Turkmenistan Higher League. Their home stadium is Köpetdag Stadium which can hold 26,000 people.
WTuran Football Club is a Turkmen football club based in Daşoguz. They play in the top division in Turkmen football, the Turkmenistan Higher League. Their home stadium is Sport Toplumy Stadium. In May 2010, the club changed its name to Daşoguz from Turan Daşoguz by the decision of Turkmenistan Football Federation., at 2016 old name returned.
WShagadam Stadium is a stadium in Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home for Şagadam Türkmenbaşy. It has a capacity of 5,000 people.
WTurkmenistan competed in the Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, the nation was part of the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
WTurkmenistan competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
WTurkmenistan participated at the 2006 Asian Games, held in Doha, Qatar from December 1 to December 15, 2006. Turkmenistan ranked 33rd along with Laos with a lone silver medal in this edition of the Asiad.
WTurkmenistan competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. The country's flagbearer at the Games' opening ceremony was judoka Guwanç Nurmuhammedow.
WTurkmenistan sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country was represented by three athletes, all competing in powerlifting.
WTurkmenistan has competed in six Summer Olympics, first appearing in 1996. They have never competed in the Winter Olympics and are the only Post-Soviet state not to have competed in them. Turkmenistan is also the northernmost country in the world to have never competed in the Winter Olympics. Turkmen athletes previously competed with the Soviet Union team and, in 1992, as part of the Unified Team. No athlete representing independent Turkmenistan has won an Olympic medal, making it the only ex-Soviet republic never to do so.
WTurkmenistan made its Paralympic Games début at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, with Atajan Begniyazov as its sole representative. It has competed in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since then, but never in the Winter Paralympics. Turkmens have only ever competed in powerlifting, and have never won a medal at the Paralympic Games.
WThe Turkmenistan men's national volleyball team represents Turkmenistan in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. The team is currently ranked 131st in the world.