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2 thousand cyclists take part in bike ride with Vincenzo Nibali in Almaty
A bike ride led by Olympic Champion Aleksandre Vinokourov, winner of Giro d’Italia-2013 Vincenzo Nibali and Astana cycling team was held in Almaty.
10 June 2013
Bodybuilding: Asian Bodybuilding and Fitness Championship held in Almaty
2013 Asian Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from May 31 to June 3.
04 June 2013
Olympic outfits selected in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan contest of designs of official and sport outfits for Kazakhstan Olympic team for the Sochi Olympics has been completed.
03 June 2013
Judo: Kazakhstan's judoka wins World Masters tournament
Kazakhstan’s judoka Sergey Lim won the World Judo Masters tournament that was held in Tyumen, Russia.
29 May 2013
Sports: Make betting legal, says top Indian body
A top Indian industry body has called for legalising sports betting amid a spot-fixing scandal in which cricketers were allegedly paid tens of thousands of dollars by bookmakers in underhand deals.
26 May 2013
Ardavichus to take part in truck racing Cup of France
Bronze winner of Dakar rally, Kazakhstan racer Arthur Ardavichus has decided to try himself in track racing on trucks.
24 May 2013
First sport TV channel to be launched in Kazakhstan on July 1
The first Kazakhstan widescreen sport channel KAZSPORT will start broadcasting on July 1, 2013.
22 May 2013
Wrestling: Kazakhstan freestyle wrestlers among world's top ten
Kazakhstan athletes Rasul Kaliev and Daulet Niyazbekov were included into FILA's international ranking of freestyle wrestlers.
21 May 2013
Kazakhstan promises $250,000 for gold at Sochi Olympics
Kazakhstan Sport and Physical Culture Agency has announced the awards for winning medals at the Sochi Olympics.
14 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
Taldykorgan citizens do 24838 push-ups on May 9
More than 2000 people took part in the event. Every person, who participated in the relay, had to do at least 10 push-ups.
12 May 2013
Cricket: TV networks tussle for Australian rights
Australia's Ten Network television has offered Cricket Australia Aus$500 million (US$505 million) in cash for coverage rights over the next five years.
10 May 2013
Festival of steppe barbecue and pilaf held in Almaty oblast
More than 7000 people came to Tamgaly Tas gorge to participate in the two-day open-air event.
09 May 2013
Kazakhstan and Russian ships take off in Balkhash sailing regatta
Eight crews from Kazakhstan and 11 crews from Russia are taking part in the 8th International Tourist Sailing Regatta Balkhash Cup.
09 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
Tennis: Shvedova advances to 3rd round of Mutua Madrid Open
Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova will play against Spain’s Anabel Medina Garrigues in the next round of the tournament on May 9.
08 May 2013
Wrestling: Three Kazakhstan fighters become best world wrestlers
Kazakhstan's Nurmakhan Tynaliyev (+120kg) is ranked 3rd, Yerulan Iskakov (96kg) is ranked 8th and Yerbol Konyratov is 10th in the ranking.
08 May 2013
Tennis: Yevgeny Korolev moves 17 lines up in ATP ranking
Another Kazakhstan's tennis professional Andrey Golubev returned to the TOP-200 of world tennis professionals by moving up to the 197 line.
08 May 2013
Cycling: Astana cyclist leads Giro d’Italia young rider classification
Italian cyclist Luca Paolini from Russia’s Katyusha became the winner of the third stage of Giro d’Italia race.
08 May 2013
Boxing: Astana Arlans general director calls Kazakhstan fans to behave at WSB finals
Astana Arlans director Bolat Mankenov refused to make any forecast before the WSB finals and said that the clubs had equal chances.
06 May 2013