The National Olympic Committee of Tajikistan celebrated Olympic Day 2020 on June 23 by awarding 50 of the country’s famous athletes and longtime veterans of the sports industry with souvenirs. Rahmonzoda Abdullo, Chairman of the Committee for Youth Affairs and Sports under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, and Abdullozoda Muhammadsho, Secretary General of the National Olympic Committee, participated in the ceremony and handed out the souvenirs. It was noted that sports in Tajikistan was a priority...
The National Olympic Committee of Tajikistan with the help of the International Olympic Committee has extended its financial assistance to 15 athletes preparing for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Despite being unable to train in gyms due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tajikistan NOC gave financial assistance between US$200 and US$950 a month for the second quarter of 2020 to 15 athletes in six sports. The recipients are: boxers Bahodur Usmonov (US$950), Shabbos Negmatulloev ($350), Nilufar Boboerova ($200) and Shoir...
The President of the Tajikistan National Olympic Committee, Emomali Rahmon, inaugurated a new sports ground in Khurramzamin in the Danghara District last month. The sports ground with an area of 800 square metres is designed for mini-football and basketball and is floodlit so that the public can use it at night, too. The modern sports facility is the first of its kind in the Khurramzamin village of Ismat Sharif Jamot in the Danghara District and will give young people and residents the opportunity to take up ...
The Tajikistan National Olympic Committee in cooperation with the Committee for Youth and Sport held a ‘Sport for All’ day in athletics, chess and wrestling earlier this week. Young sports fans from the capital Dushanbe, Bokhtar, Vahdat and Gissar took part in the competitions. The purpose of the event was to attract young people to sport and to unearth talent. Two events were held in athletics – 100 metres and 800m – for boys and girls, while in chess the competition was held in a team format. Wrestling, whi...
The National Sambo Championship of Tajikistan was held under the theme of “Minimum Contact – Maximum Security” in Dushanbe on April 12. The National Olympic Committee of Tajikistan in a press release stated that 165 athletes representing seven regions took part in the tournament which was held in the absence of spectators due to stringent health security measures in connection with the global coronavirus pandemic. Organisers laid down that the main rule of the event, held at the training centre for the nation...
A total of 130 athletes, coaches and veterans of sports were awarded scholarships by the State authority of Sughd Region in Tajikistan last Friday, April 10. The chairman of Sughd Region, Rajabboy Ahmadzoda, handed out the scholarships - a certificate of merit and cash prizes - at a ceremony held in the hall of the executive body of the state authority in Sughd Region. Ahmadzoda expressed satisfaction with the achievements of the athletes from the Sughd region and revealed that improved facilities would be pr...
The inherent drive for success by Temur Rahimov earned Tajikistan’s top judoka a grand prize of a sleek limousine at the two-day Capital Cup competition held in Dushanbe last weekend. Rahimov, the country’s leading judo exponent, went home in style driving a Mercedes Benz which was the grand prize for winning the main event at the March 20-21 event held in the Navruzgoh of Dushanbe to mark the Navruz holiday. Rahimov, who fights in the +100kg category, won the gold medal and the car defeating Shakarmamad Mirm...
The National Olympic Committee of Tajikistan conducted a three-day sports seminar focusing on the Olympic Movement for officials in the Khatlon region. More than 30 sports administrators from Khatlon took part in the March 12-14 seminar organised by the Tajikistan NOC in cooperation with the Committee for Youth and Sports under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan. NOC officials made presentations on a variety of topics, including the organisation of competitions, explained the function and structure ...
The National Olympic Committee of Tajikistan has held a three-day training seminar in its battle against doping. The January 8-10 seminar was held under the umbrella of the Sports Medicine and Protection Programme of the Athletes of Olympic Solidarity and at the Tajikistan NOC headquarters. Erkin Lapitov, general director of the Tajikistan NOC who oversees the programme, revealed the anti-doping scheme implemented in Dushanbe in 2019 had reached more than 1,500 people. By the end of its three-stage plan it is ...
It was also suggested that an international tournament be held in Dushanbe in 2021 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Tajikistan’s independence.