News about athletes
Alexey Poltoranin may win two golds at Sochi Olympics
Alexey Poltoranin, a star ski racer from Kazakhstan, is likely to win two gold medals at the Winter Sochi Olympics.
02 February 2014
Kazakhstan Taekwondo Fed accuses London lawyer of deception
Taekwondo Federation of Kazakhstan has promised to compensate all the expenses the champion landed himself into by sleeping in an airplane ... and sue his 'big bad lawyer'.
31 January 2014
Kazakhstan weightlifting star Ilya Ilyin posts prophetic photo on Instagram
Two-times Olympic champion in weightlifting Ilya Ilyin from Kazakhstan has posted a prophetic photo in his Instagram account.
30 January 2014
Olympics: Japan women outnumber men for first time
Women outnumber men for the first time in Japan's Winter Olympics team as the country sends a record number of athletes to Sochi in hopes of its biggest-ever medal haul.
28 January 2014
Hockey: Wives of Barys hockey players
Vesti.kz sports website has put together an image gallery of Kazakhstan club Barys hockey players and their wives.
21 January 2014
Kazakhstan tourists to enjoy five-star liner for $8,000 during 10 Sochi Olympics days
Kazakhstan tourists will be staying on board of a five-star liner for $7 000 during the Sochi Olympics.
09 January 2014
Kazakhstan hires foreigners to prepare athletes for Sochi Olympics
Kazakhstan has hired the leading foreign experts to help prepare its athletes for the Sochi Olympics.
10 December 2013
Sambo: Kazakhstan wins 2 gold medals at World Sambo Championship
The national team of Kazakhstan got the 3rd place by medal count at the World Sambo Championship held in St. Petersburg on November 21-25.
09 December 2013
Speedskating: Kazakhstan's skaters gain 11 licenses for Sochi Olympics
Speed skaters of Kazakhstan have guaranteed themselves 11 spots in the Sochi Olympics 2014.
03 December 2013
Weightlifting: Doping tricks get Kazakhstan fined $500 thousand
Kazakhstan Weightlifting Federation has been charged with a fine of $500 thousand for doping violations of several Kazakhstan athletes.
15 November 2013
Kazakhstan finishes Universiade with record number of medals
Kazakhstan entered the Top 20 of best teams at the Universiade in Kazan.
18 July 2013
3 athletes charged with raping official in Malaysia
Three young Malaysian handball players have been charged with raping an official at a national tournament.
12 July 2013
Kazakhstan athletes win first medals at Universiade
Kazakhstan athletes have won their first medals at the Universiade held in Kazan, Ttarstan, Russia on July 6-17.
08 July 2013
Volleyball: Kazakhstan volleyball professional marries Slovanian hockeyist
20-y.o. volleyball professional Yelizaveta Shepelenko from Temirtau has gotten married to 27-y.o. Slovanian legionary of Temirtau’s Arystan hockey club Lukash Martinka.
01 July 2013
Football: Foreign players degenerate in Kazakhstan
There are professional footballers in Kazakhstan teams who had promise but filed to succeed in their careers for different reasons.
12 June 2013
Kazakhstan’s athletes to get $3100 for winning Universiade
Kazakhstan’s athletes will be awarded by $3100 for champion titles at the 27th Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia.
06 June 2013
Canoeing: Kazakhstan athlete third at 2nd stage of World Cup
Kazakhstan athlete Sergey Yemelyanov came third after the second stage of the ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup II in Racice, Czech Republic.
23 May 2013
Weightlifting: Kazakhstan junior wins silver at Worlds
Kazakhstan’s weightlifter lifted 135 kilograms in clean and jerk, while her Chinese rival Xinyue lifted 130 kilograms.
12 May 2013
Kazakhstan expected to win at least two medals in Sochi Olympics
Kazakhstan Sport and Physical Education Agency has great expectations of those athletes who have already won different World Championships.
08 May 2013
More than 5000 Almaty citizens take part in Marathon
The Marathon finished at the Central Stadium, where Akim of Almaty awarded the winners with commemorative gifts and valuable prizes.
01 May 2013