Sunday, 04, December, 2022

Sports

Srečko Katanec could become the head coach of Uzbekistan national football team. The Uzbekistan Football Association (UFA) said it was in talks with the 58-year-old Slovenian.

The Uzbekistan international Eldor Shomurodov, 26, joins AS Roma on a permanent deal for an initial fee of €17.5 million.

The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has confirmed that two tennis players from Uzbekistan, Temur Ismailov and Amal Sultanbekov, have been banned from the sport, following an investigation into match fixing at a tournament in 2019.

Swimming's world governing body (FINA) said sport's highest court has rejected an appeal from Uzbekistan's federation over its decision to invalidate results from two Olympic qualification meets and that it may now impose sanctions.

Jalaloddin Masharipov’s penalty was the difference at King Fahd International Stadium as Uzbekistan emerged 1-0 winners against Yemen on Friday in Group D of the Asian Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023.

Uzbekistan closed the gap on Saudi Arabia at the top of Group D of the Asian Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 with an emphatic 5-0 win over Singapore on Monday.

The Uzbekistan head coach Vadim Abramov announced the expanded squad for the centralized World Cup 2022 and Asian Cup 2023 joint qualifiers in June in Saudi Arabia.

Little time remains to the start of the centralized World Cup and Asain Cup qualifiers in Saudi Arabia in June, when Uzbekistan will face Singapore, Yemen and Saudi Arabia for a place in the next stage.

For the first time in history, Professional Football League, the men's second professional football division of the Uzbek football league system, will have a title sponsor. The league chages it name to PFL Volkswagen, UzReport said.

The Uzbekistan national futsal team earned the automatic berth to the World Cup in Lithuania, the Uzbekistan Football Association (UFA) reported.

Ravshan Irmatov has been elected first deputy chairman of the National Olympic Committee (NOC), the press service of the NOC reported. His candidacy for this position was proposed by the head of the committee, Rustam Shaabdurakhmanov.

Tashkent to host the 2023 World Boxing Championship, the Ministry of Sports of Uzbekistan, citing a statement by the AIBA President Umar Kremlev at a press conference at the National Olympic Committee on Friday.

Uzbekistan national football team defeated Ghana B team in a friendly match at Namangan stadium on Friday. Otabek Shukurov opened the score early in the game receiving the ball from Oston Urunov after a marking error by Ghana defenders in the penalty area.

As previously reported, the Uzbekistan Football Association had filed a bid to host the AFC Women’s U20 Asian Cup 2022.

As reported earlier, Uzbekistan national football team would hold a training camp, with the coaching staff already announcing an expanded 29-player squad.

The head coach of Uzbekistan national team Vadim Abramov announced the expanded squad of 29 players for a training camp on March 22-30 during the window of the FIFA international calendar.

Earlier, Asian Sambo Association held an online meeting, which was attended by the leadership of the organization, members of the executive committee and representatives of national associations.

Uzbekistan will host the 2022 Asian U-23 Cup, the Uzbekistan Football Association (UFA) said. The UFA had reportedly sent a bid to the AFC to host the 2022 Asian U23 Cup in Uzbekistan, providing the necessary documents for the bidding and had held a number of talks.

In preparation for the 2022 Qatar World Cup and the Asian Cup 2023 joint qualifiers, Uzbekistan will hold a training camp between 8-18 February in Dubai, the UAE with mostly home-based players.

The first ever professional bicycle racing team has been registered in Uzbekistan, the press service of the National Olympic Committee reported. On January 27, the Ministry of Justice issued a registration certificate to the Uzbekistan Cycling Pro Team team.