Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler Sharif Sharifov has become the winner of the Yasar Dogu international tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.
He secured the gold medal thanks to a victory over Turkish Mustafa Sessiz in the 97kg final.
Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency
Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have unveiled a plan to deploy as many as 18,000 private security guards daily during the event, according to NHK WORLD-JAPAN.
Thousands of security staff will patrol the 43 Olympic venues and surrounding neighborhoods, alongside local police.
Olympic officials said that the deployment plan would ensure maximum security, even if venues are full.
Organizers also said they were satisfied with recruitment levels, despite the fact that previous games have often faced challenges securing enough private security staff.
They added that flexibility was important in terms of finalizing exact personnel numbers at venues, until spectator numbers were confirmed.
Source: AZERTAC, Azerbaijan State News Agency
Azerbaijani freestyle wrestles will test their strength at Ali Aliev Memorial to be held in the city of Kaspiysk, Dagestan from June 25-27.
Azerbaijan`s hopes will be pinned on nine wrestlers.
Source: AZERTAC, Azerbaijan State News Agency
Azerbaijani grandmaster Shahriyar Mammadyarov will test his strength at the 2021 Croatia Grand Chess Tour, the second Rapid and Blitz event and the third stop on the 2021 Grand Chess Tour. The tournament will run from July 5 to 12.
The event will feature ten elite grandmasters including Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alexander Grischuk, Shahriyar Mammadyarov, Anish Giri, Garry Kasparov, Jorden Van Foreest, Viswanathan Anand, Ivan Saric, Anton Korobov and Jan-Krzysztof Duda.
The Croatia Grand Chess Tour will include 9 rounds of rapid chess and 18 rounds of blitz chess for a total prize fund of $150,000.
Source: AZERTAC, Azerbaijan State News Agency
“We may have at least 8 real medals. I expect a medal from each of our wrestlers, judokas”, Vice-president of Azerbaijan National Olympic Committee Chingiz Huseynzade told in an interview with journalists, APA reports.
This time, our main hope is karatekas. We expect good results from them. We have medal candidates for boxing and taekwondo. There are strong athletes on the team. What did Rio teach to us? Our 8 athletes reached the final. 7 of them lost, and one won a gold medal. Each of them might win a gold medal. When it comes to medals, it is difficult to determine which type of medals will be. These are issues that may happen a second, at a time. Generally, when it comes to medals, I hope that there will be enough,” he said.
Source: Azeri-Press News Agency
Azerbaijan’s national team will not leave for Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games with a charter flight, said Vice President of National Olympics Committee Chingiz Huseynzade, APA-Sport reports.
According to him, our national team will arrive in Japan capital in separate groups for the first time in independence years.
Huseynzade has related it to the coronavirus pandemic and the requirement of the organizer country.
Source: Azeri-Press News Agency
