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Sports · Uzbekistan

From national sports to football, wrestling to chess — the sport and athletes of the Turkic world.

National sports

SportKurash — Uzbek wrestlingAn ancient Uzbek standing wrestling style using a towel-belt grip, now part of the Asian Games.Read more →

Sport by country

SportUzbek boxingOne of the world's strongest amateur boxing schools — Uzbek boxers won five golds at Paris 2024.Read more →
SportChess in UzbekistanIn 2022 a young Uzbek team stunned the world by winning gold at the Chess Olympiad.Read more →
SportUzbekistan national football teamCentral Asia's strongest team, which qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 2026.Read more →

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