Гугули Валиев

National Olympic Committee is planned to be established in South Ossetia.

As reported to IA "Res" by the Chairman of the Committee on Youth Affairs, Sports and Tourism Vadim Bogiev, "Republic of South Ossetia is a sovereign state. Our independence has been recognized by several states that are members of the United Nations and other international organizations.It is natural that our country should have its sports structures, which, along with the other ones, are the indispensableattributes of any independent state".
According to him, South Ossetia received congratulatory telegrams from a number of countries whose teams had participated in the recent XXX Summer Olympics in London.

South Ossetian fighter Inal Tasoev won the freestyle wrestling World Championship in Baku among the athletes born 1995-1996.

South Ossetian fighter Inal Tasoev went to Baku to participate in the World Freestyle WrestlingChampionship among athletes born in 1995-1996. As IA "Res" has been informed by the coach of the athlete Tamerlan Kochiev, "our wrestler will perform in the weight class up to 85 kg. Prior to the tournament, we had a two-week training session in Adler".

The range of the consular services to the Russian citizens provided by the Russian Embassy in South Ossetia was expanded since the beginning of August, 2012.
As reported IA "Res" by the head of the consular department of the Embassy of Russia in South Ossetia Tamerlan Zaseev, "now, when replacing the passport, the Russian citizens have a choice – to get an old common civil passport or a common civil passport of a new generation, known also as the biometric".

A friendly match between the national football team of South Ossetia and the Serbian national football team from Kosovo has been held at the Republican stadium named after Guram Tskhovrebov in Tskhinval. The Serbian side was represented by a team- the winner of the mini-football tournament annually held in Serbia in memory of the 17-year-old Serb Dmitry Popovich killed by the Albanian gunmen.

The Serbian football team from Kosovo will arrive today in South Ossetia to participate in a friendly match with local football players. As IA "Res" has been reported by the initiator of the sporting event - the Chairman of the Union of Russian and Serbian peoples, honorary member of the Serbian-Russian friendship Vitaly Ilyushkin, "we planned to play in Tskhinval on August 7 – on the eve of the mourning events in the Republic timed to the fourth anniversary of the Georgian aggression against the people of South Ossetia. However, due to the objective reasons the match did not take place that day and was postponed to August 14 "- said Ilyushkin.

The situation in Syria has caused great concern for the lives and destiny of the Ossetians, living in this country. The leadership of the Ossetian diaspora in Syria hasaddressed a request to the Head of the Republic of North Ossetia - Alania Taimuraz Mamsurov for assistance in deciding the issue of returning the Ossetians, living in Syria, to Ossetia, to the land of their ancestors. South Ossetia should not stand aside, too.

The head of the Tskhinval district administration of South Ossetia Alan Pliev met with the head of the mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in South Ossetia Leanne Hutchins.
As reported to IA "Res" by Alan Pliev, during the meeting were discussed issues on interaction of the district administration and the ICRC and water supply of the village of Satikar.

The well-known Ossetian professional boxer Aslanbek Kozaev is gradually gaining in form after undergoing surgery.
This has been said "IA" by the coach of the athlete Vitaly Slanov.
"For the South Ossetian fighters was recently held the training session in Zaramag, North Ossetia. Kozaev has gradually got involved in the training process. He is feeling himself fine, "- said Slanov.
According to the trainer, August, 5 he plans to travel with their wards for the three-week training session in the Elbrus region, and Kozaev will continue his trainings there.

A boxer from Tskhinval Atsamaz Dzigoev is taking part in the Championship of Russia, which has started today in Novosibirsk.