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Turkmenistan U15 Football Team Invited to Yuri Morozov Memorial Tournament in St. Petersburg
At the end of August, St. Petersburg will host the 18th International Youth Football Tournament in memory of USSR Honored Coach Yuri Morozov, featuring teams of players born in 2010 — including the national youth team of Turkmenistan.
According to the organizers, eight teams will participate in the event: Russia’s Zenit, Serbia’s Crvena Zvezda, Kazakhstan’s Kairat, Turkey’s Fenerbahce, Brazil’s Fluminense, along with the U15 national teams of Russia, Belarus, and Turkmenistan.
Since its launch in 2007, the Yuri Morozov Memorial has been considered one of the most prestigious youth football tournaments internationally. In 1980, Morozov led Zenit to its first-ever USSR Championship medal — a bronze. The legendary coach and footballer passed away in 2005 at the age of 70.
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A solemn opening ceremony of a new water treatment facility with a desalination unit took place in the Esenguly etrap of Balkan velayat. The facility's design capacity is 20 thousand cubic meters of drinking water per day, reports the newspaper "Neutral Turkmenistan."
The facility was built on the order of the capital construction department of the Balkan velayat khyakimlik by specialists from the Economic Society "Hossarlyk." The commissioning of the facility is timed to the 30th anniversary of Turkmenistan's permanent neutrality.
The opening ceremony was attended by responsible officials from the velayat and etrap khyakimliks, honored elders of Turkmenistan, as well as representatives of the association "Balkanwelaýatagyzsuw."
As part of the solemn event, participants enjoyed performances by cultural and artistic figures with a concert and dance program.
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