
Kazakhstan wins eight medals in a day at 2026 Asian Games
September 30 was Kazakhstan's most successful day at the 2026 Asian Games with eight medals, but the team slipped to ninth in the overall standings.

September 30 was Kazakhstan's most successful day at the 2026 Asian Games with eight medals, but the team slipped to ninth in the overall standings.

Kazakhstan's men's epee team won the Asian Championships, World Championships and Asian Games in one season, a first in world fencing history.

Cristiano Ronaldo missed Portugal training after being left on the bench in the Nations League match against Norway. Coach Jorge Jesus held a meeting with him.

Kazakh judoka Gusman Kyrgyzbaev lost his bronze-medal bout at the 2026 Asian Games to China's Zi Yang Xue in Golden Score extra time.

Yulia Putintseva became the first Kazakh to reach the semifinals of the 2026 Asian Games tennis tournament, beating Thailand's Mananchaya Sawangkaew 6-3, 6-0.

Kazakhstan's men's track cycling team finished fourth in the team pursuit at the 2026 Asian Games, losing the bronze-medal ride to South Korea.

Kazakh boxer Natalya Bogdanova has won bronze at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, losing her semifinal to India's Lovlina Borgohain by a 3:2 split decision.

Kazakh boxers Alua Balkibekova and Natalya Bogdanova won bronze at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan, losing their semifinal bouts.

Anastasia Ananyeva won bronze for Kazakhstan in the women's canoe single at the 2026 Asian Games canoe slalom with a time of 127.32 seconds. China's Huang Juan took gold.

Kazakh Greco-Roman wrestlers Meiirzhan Shermakhanbet and Shamil Ozhaev will compete for bronze at the 2026 Summer Asian Games in Japan.

Kazakhstan's beach volleyball pairs lost their Asian Games 2026 quarterfinals in Japan, with Kozhakhmet/Kabulbekova and Bogatu/Gurin beaten by China and Thailand.

Kazakhstan's women's field hockey team beat Uzbekistan 4:2 on penalties to finish 11th at the 2026 Asian Games. Regulation time ended 1:1.

Spain thrashed Croatia 4-1 in the Nations League with a Lamine Yamal brace and goals from Pubill and Williams. England beat Czech Republic 2-0. All September 29 results.

Kazakhstan U21 lost 4-3 to Ireland in Euro 2027 qualifying: three goals, an own goal, a red card and a fourth straight defeat for the young Kazakh side.

Day 10 of the 2026 Asian Games brought Kazakhstan one silver and two bronzes: Ovchinnikova, trap shooting and kurash. The team dropped to eighth in the standings.

Kazakhstan's women's 4x400m relay team finished sixth at the 2026 Asian Games, while Maksim Frolovsky placed seventh in the 5,000m. The athletics competition ended without a gold medal for Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan fell from fifth to eighth in the 2026 Asian Games medal standings in Japan, with silver for Ovchinnikova and bronze for Shegenova and the trap team.

11-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan from the UK has become the youngest woman grandmaster in chess history, achieving the feat at the Olympiad in Samarkand.

Kazakhstan's water polo team defeated South Korea 18:14 in the quarterfinals of the 2026 Asian Games to reach the semifinals. They will play for a spot in the final on October 2.

Lyubov Kovalchuk placed fourth at the 2026 Asian Games in the over-86 kg category. Kazakhstan's weightlifting team finished without gold, taking three silvers.

Lyubov Kovalchuk placed fourth in the over-86 kg category at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan. Kazakhstan's weightlifting team finished the tournament with three silver medals.

Yulia Putintseva defeated Ya-Yi Yang of Chinese Taipei 6-3, 6-1 in the second round of the 2026 Asian Games. The Kazakh continues her medal quest.

Fitness trainer Lera Logunova explains whether you can train with sore muscles: when a light workout helps and when it's better to skip training altogether.

Arailym Shegenova won bronze in kurash in the over-87 kg category at the 2026 Asian Games, Kazakhstan's first-ever women's kurash medal at the event.