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The opening ceremony of the V Asian Para Games was held on October 18 in Nagoya, Japan. The games, held every four years, bring together nearly 4,000 athletes from 45 countries. Kazakhstan will be represented by 150 athletes competing in 12 sports. The ceremony took place at the Mizuho athletics stadium in Nagoya, where national teams paraded, including the Kazakh delegation.
Kazakhstan has received an operating university as a gift. Nurasyl Medeu, founder of the Kazakh National University of Sport (KNUS), has decided to give the state the institution, into which he invested his own funds for five years. The decision was made known on 17 October in Astana, where KNUS marked its fifth anniversary.
President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev received Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, President of the Asian Football Confederation, on October 17. The meeting addressed further development of Uzbekistan's productive partnership with the authoritative sports organisation.
A working group on the construction of boxing and tennis centres has been formed in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. According to the Bashinform news agency, the group's composition was approved by an order.
The 2027 Four Continents Figure Skating Championship has been moved from Astana to Almaty, Kazakhstan, because of the aftermath of a fire at an energy facility that serves the left-bank part of the capital, according to 24KZ. The decision was taken at a meeting of the ISU Council in Lausanne, and the competition will be held at Almaty Arena.
Today's top Turkic news: Uzbekistan-China ties, Samarkand visit, Kulubaev-Rubio talks, Northern Cyprus festival and Turkmen desertification centre.
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