Yesterday, April 02, the Olympic torch has started its way across the Earth, and for the first time in history Almaty was honored to become the first city of the relay. Thousands of people came to see it carried down the streets of Almaty by renowned sportsmen and artists, and some officials as well […]
Olympiad, Central Asian Style - 2
Below is the translation of Adam Kesher’s post from the Russian-language blog.
As Xxrock informed recently, the Government of Kazakhstan came out with the unexampled initiative to hold Asian Olympics in 2011 not only in Almaty, but also in the new capital – Astana. The Minister of Tourism and Sports has met with Asian Olympics […]
Olympiad, Central Asian Style
Below is the translation of Xxrock’s post from our Russian-language weblog.
The pompously advertised plans to turn Almaty into the Olympic city of dreams are jeopardized. Minister of Tourism and Sports Temirkhan Dosmukhamedov without any ado flew to Qatar and met with the President of Asian Olympics. He offered to move the Games – due […]
The end of a PR campaign
Breaking news just coming in: Team Astana, the cycling team around Kazakhstani talent Alexander Vinokurov, has just withdrawn from the Tour de France following the positive doping test of Vinokurov himself.
Vinokurov had lost all hope of winning this year’s tour after crashing early on but has since then redeemed himself by winning two tour […]
Bikers Open Kazakhstan to the World
Translation of the excerpt from the post by Scaliger, an author of the Russian-language neweurasia.
For the last few years Kazakhstan has been very anxious about its international image. Earlier this year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs created a special division of international PR. Image-building is a not cheap thing (politically anxious citizens have not […]
Kazakhstan’s Surprising Victory in Euro-2008 Qualifier
Kazakhstan’s players celebrate their victory against Serbia
For the first time since joining the UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) in 2002, Kazakhstan claims competitive victory: its team defeated the Serbian with 2:1 in Group A. It was also the first time the Kazakhstan team scored at home in a European qualifier. It is […]
World-class sport
Kazakhstan is - as so many post-Soviet countries - a cradle of many talented sportsmen and -women. Contrary to the other Central Asian nations, this tradition does not seem to have abated with independence - so even today Kazakhstan sends big delegations to Olympic games and usually does better than e.g. neighbouring Uzbekistan.
Now, two […]
