The Latest Breaking News from Uzbekistan

Hockey India announced Indian men's and women's teams for Asian Games, with Harmanpreet Singh and Savita Punia as captains. Akashdeep Singh, Jugraj Singh and Selvam Karthi were left out. A send-off ceremony was held to felicitate the players and their families. Men's team will open vs Uzbekistan (Sept 24) and…

Midfielder Gio Reyna remains sidelined with a calf injury, putting off a return to the US team ahead of friendlies with Uzbekistan and Oman

Uzbekistan’s incumbent president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has overwhelmingly won a new seven-year term in a snap election in which he faced three weak opponents, preliminary results showed Monday

There were no surprises during Sunday’s snap election as Shavkat Mirziyoyev stormed to a landslide victory.

TASHKENT - Uzbekistan held a presidential election on Sunday that looked set to hand incumbent Shavkat Mirziyoyev a third term as head of the gas-rich Central Asian state.

Voters in Uzbekistan are casting their ballots on Sunday in a snap presidential election which is widely expected to extend the incumbent’s rule by seven more years

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev holds snap polls to extend his rule for seven years, months after changing constitution.

Snap polls were announced in May after constitutional amendments ‘annulled’ previous and current terms of the incumbent.

Uzbekistan is set to hold a snap presidential election, a vote that follows a constitutional referendum that extended the incumbent’s term from five to seven years