Kazakhstani UFC fighter Shavkat Rakhmonov held second place in the welterweight (up to 77 kilograms) division ranking. However, following a recent update, he was removed from the list, sports journalist John Morgan reported. He wrote on X that in the previous rankings cycle, Rakhmonov was included among the athletes eligible…
Xinhua, a prominent Chinese news agency, reported that on Feb. 5, the Olympic Council of Asia and Kazakhstan will sign an agreement to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games in Almaty. In 2022, Saudi Arabia was designated to host the Games; however, the ambitious project to run a winter sports…
Kazakhstan’s top-ranked tennis player, Alexander Bublik, retained his position in the top 10 in the updated ATP ranking after his run at the Australian Open 2026 stopped at the fourth round. Currently, Bublik is training for the Davis Cup match with the national team. Australia’s Alex de Minaur, who ended…
Sports journalist Ariel Helwani commented on the trauma of Kazakhstani UFC fighter Shavkat Rakhmonov. He believes that Nomad still has a chance to win the championship belt, despite another forced pause and a lengthy recovery period. Helwani also noted that the next contender for the title in the welterweight division…
In the latest WTA rankings released today, Australian Open 2026 champion Elena Rybakina climbed from fifth to third place, back in the top three after two and a half years. Rybakina first reached this milestone in June 2023, with the same rankings, trailing only Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka and Poland’s Iga…
Kazakhstan’s top-ranked player Elena Rybakina defeated world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in a dramatic final at the Australian Open with 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Rybakina started the final without hesitation and secured a break in the opening game. Sabalenka got on the scoreboard only when she was trailing 0-2.…
Elena Rybakina (world No. 5) defeated Jessica Pegula (No. 6) to advance to the Australian Open final for the second time in her career. In the post-match interview, the Kazakhstani tennis player thanked her fans and noted that the match was tense. «It [being in another Australian Open final] means…
Elena Rybakina (world No. 5) defeated American Jessica Pegula (No. 6), but not without difficulties, 6‑3, 7‑6 (9‑7) in the semifinals at the Australian Open 2026. Kazakhstan’s top-ranked player is back in the Melbourne major final after three years and will face the same opponent she met in the 2023 final —…
Kairat Almaty goalkeeper Temirlan Anarbekov was ranked among the top three goalkeepers for the number of saves in the main round of the UEFA Champions League, according to the UEFA official website. In six matches played, Anarbekov made 36 saves while conceding 13 goals. In this category, the Kazakh footballer…
Kazakhstan’s top-ranked tennis player Elena Rybakina (World No. 5) will face American Jessica Pegula (6) in the semifinals of the Australian Open 2026. Ahead of the match, the American player pointed out the strengths of her Kazakhstani opponent. «She has a massive serve, big groundies, cool as a cucumber, you…
Kazakhstan’s top-ranked tennis player Elena Rybakina (World No. 5) reached the Australian Open 2026 semifinals after defeating the world’s second-ranked player, Poland’s Iga Świątek, 7-5, 6-1. Three years ago, Rybakina had already reached the semifinals and finals of the Australian major. This was the third meeting between the players in…
Kazakhstan’s top-ranked tennis player Elena Rybakina (World No. 5) defeated Belgium’s Elise Mertens (21) with 6-1, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open 2026. Her possible opponent in the next round is the world’s second-ranked player, Poland’s Iga Świątek. Mertens’s head-to-head record against Rybakina (1-6) did not…
Kazakhstan’s top-ranked tennis player Alexander Bublik (World No. 10) — who reached the third round of the Australian Open 2026 for the first time in his career — defeated Argentine Tomás Martín Etcheverry (62) with 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 in 2 hours 37 minutes. The match on Margaret Court…
Kazakhstan’s second-ranked player Yulia Putintseva (World No. 94) defeated Turkey’s Zeynep Sönmez (112) in a challenging third-round match at the Australian Open 2026, 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3. Having secured a break in the second game of the first set, Putintseva took a 2-0 lead. However, her opponent, encouraged by the…
Victor Moses, the English Premier League champion and UEFA Europa League winner, will continue his career at FC Kaysar, a Kyzylorda‑based club in Kazakhstan, AmanVIBE reported. According to an inside source, the 35‑year‑old Nigerian footballer will sign a one‑year contract with the Kazakhstani club. The official announcement of Moses as…
Kazakhstan’s top-ranked tennis player Alexander Bublik (world No. 10) defeated Hungary’s Márton Fucsovics (No. 54) 7-5, 6-4, 7-5 in the second round of the Australian Open 2026. Despite a 1-5 head-to-head record, the 33-year-old Hungarian offered decent resistance to the 28-year-old Bublik. In the first set, the Kazakhstani athlete was…
In the second round of the Australian Open 2026, Kazakhstani tennis player Alexander Shevchenko (world No. 97) lost to American Learner Tien (29) 2-6, 7-5, 1-6, 0-6. The 20-year-old Tien is noted for his five-setters. In the first round, he stunned American Marcos Giron (51) in 3 hours 40 minutes,…
Kazakhstani tennis player Yulia Putintseva (World No. 94) advanced to the third round of the Australian Open 2026. After defeating world No. 59, Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia, she beat world No. 60, France’s Elsa Jacquemot, 6-1, 6-2 in 73 minutes. The 22-year-old French player appeared not to have fully recovered…
Astana Arena in Kazakhstan is set to host a mini-tournament featuring four national football teams — Kazakhstan, Namibia, Kuwait and Comoros — from March 26 to 31, according to the FIFA press service. The International Football Association revealed the details of its new project. Forty-eight national teams from all six…
Kazakhstani tennis player Alexander Shevchenko (World No. 97) started his run at the Australian Open 2026 with a victory. In a lengthy match in hot weather, Shevchenko defeated Sweden’s top-ranked player, Elias Ymer (175), with 3-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-1. At the Australian Open 2026 draw, which took place on Jan.…
Kazakhstan’s second-ranked tennis player Alexander Shevchenko (World No. 104) was eliminated in the quarterfinal against France’s Ugo Humbert (36) at the ATP-250 Adelaide International 2026 tournament with 0-6, 3-6. Before today, Jan. 15, Shevchenko trailed Humbert 0-2 in their head-to-head. However, every one of those matches was fiercely contested. For…
The next opponent for Kazakhstani UFC second-ranked welterweight fighter Shavkat Rakhmonov should be Ecuador’s Michael Morales (No. 4), according to the Sportsnet analyst Aaron Bronsteter. «This fight between two top-five welterweights should have everyone salivating. Two huge 170-pounders with identical 19-0 professional records in what would certainly be a title…
The draw for the Australian Open 2026 — the first Grand Slam tournament of the calendar year — took place in Melbourne. In the first round, Elena Rybakina (World No. 5) will face Slovenian Kaja Juvan (97), and Alexander Bublik (10) will challenge American Jenson Brooksby (48). Kazakhstani player Zarina…
Eduard Bazrov, coach of Kazakh UFC fighter Shavkat Rakhmonov (No. 2 in the UFC welterweight rankings), gave the required timeline for the fighter to prepare for the next bout in the promotion. «We need two and a half to three months to get ready for the fight. Shavkat is training,…
