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The coach of the two times Olympic Champion Ilya Iliyn and Yerzhan Boltayev has been appointed the head coach of the Kazakhstan’s weightlifting team.

• 19 февраля 2015, 01:16

Kazakhstani boxer Birzhan Zhakypov has won a Brazilian fighter Patrick Lourenco at the AIBA Pro Boxing (APG)

• 19 февраля 2015, 01:05

Olympic champion turned reality TV star Bruce Jenner has Americans' rapt attention once again amid talk that he is soon to come out as transgender.

• 06 февраля 2015, 13:15

Kazakhstani boxer Berik Abdrakhmanov won the AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) Inaugural Title, an ultimate ticket to the Rio Olympics, in a fight against Uzbek boxer Hurshid Tojibaev in Astana, Kazakhstan.

• 05 февраля 2015, 01:32

Jailed Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been stripped of an honorary degree awarded to him by Strathclyde University in 2012.

• 03 февраля 2015, 15:03

Kazakhstani professional boxer Kanat Islam, holder of the WBA Fedecaribe title in the super welterweight category, plans to have five fights in 2015.

• 28 января 2015, 00:56

High on a barren mountainside, a red flag marks the spot where China hopes ski jumpers will launch themselves to glory at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

• 21 января 2015, 15:41

Foreign athletes will be competing for Kazakhstan at the Rio Olympics in 2016.

• 16 января 2015, 16:54

The Akimat of Almaty (municipal authorities) has unveiled the draft layout of the Olympic venues.

• 12 января 2015, 11:31

Leaders of the rival Beijing and Almaty bids to stage the 2022 Winter Olympics made official guarantees to the IOC as their battle entered the final straight.

• 07 января 2015, 14:55

The Kazakhstani boxing club Astana Arlans has presented the team members of the new season at the AIBA World Boxing Academy in Almaty.

• 29 декабря 2014, 17:44

Nursultan Nazarbayev has discussed the feasibility of hosting the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Almaty during Q&A session with media representatives.

• 22 декабря 2014, 17:39

The IOC introduced reforms for the next Olympics Games. Kazakhstan is bidding to host the 2022 Olympics so it can be affected as well.

• 11 декабря 2014, 14:36

Zarina Diyas is now the most successful tennis player in Kazakhstan. Climbing to the 33rd position in the WTA ranking, she hopes to win a Grand Slam title and represent Kazakhstan at the Olympic Games.

• 14 ноября 2014, 18:05

The IOC has declared a new antidiscrimination clause would be included in all future host city contract starting with 2022 Winter Olympics that Kazakhstan is bidding to host.

• 10 ноября 2014, 10:32

Kazakhstani mogul skier Yuliya Galysheva has decided to continue competing and changed a discipline.

• 31 октября 2014, 13:35

Vice-Minister of Culture and Sports of Kazakhstan said that Kazakhstan was planning to use a mixed model of financial management should it be granted the right to host the Winter Olympic Games in 2022.

• 19 октября 2014, 13:50

Kazakhstani expert Nurlan Nurov talks about the possibility of Kazakhstan hosting the Olympics 2022 and the financial aspect of the endeavour.

• 13 октября 2014, 20:01

The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach toured Almaty sport facilities as a part of his visit to Kazakhstan.

• 13 октября 2014, 15:04

Norwegian Oslo has withdrawn its bid to host 2022 Winter Olympics leaving Kazakhstan's Almaty and Chinese Beijing as the only contenders in the race.

• 04 октября 2014, 14:36