Sport Archives

Taekwondo in Bukhara

Taekwondo is a popular sport in Uzbekistan. The country hosted the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships. Credit: Hubert-Félix Delattre (France) Find all of our photos of the day here. [...]

An illustration celebrating 100 years of Kyrgyz football. It uses a black and white photo of a Kyrgyzstani team as background

A hundred years of Kyrgyz football

The Kyrgyz Football Federation celebrated 100 years on 21 March 2021, but it’s as active as ever. Novastan looks back at the game’s history in the Central Asian nation. This… [...]

Palace of Sports

The Palace of Sports in Navoiy combines sports facilities for various sports under one roof. This city in southwestern Uzbekistan has about 120,000 inhabitants and is an important industrial… [...]

Two girls sit in a sports hall in Kyrgyzstan

Indoor sports

Schoolgirls observe their classmates during sports lessons. Credit: Irina Unruh This photo is part of our series “Central Asia through the lens of …”, where we present photographers from… [...]