Famous athletes who work in the ranks of the Azerbaijan Ministry of Emergency Situations have presented a video, supporting the liberation mission of the National Army.

Azerbaijani athlete Rustam Mammadov won the gold medal in “Minsk U20 International Match” tournament held among athletes under 20 years in Belarus, on February 25.

Azerbaijani Powerlifting team won seven gold and four silver medals and broke a number of world records in the 5th World Powerlifting Championship held in Moscow recently.

Azerbaijani athletes have so far won 10 licenses for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Trend reports. So, Azerbaijan will be represented at the Summer Olympics by Hanna Skydan (hammer throwing), Mariya Stadnik and Sharif Sharifov (wrestling), Zohra Aghamirova (rhythmic gymnastics), the Rhythmic Gymnastics Team in group exercises, shooter Ruslan Lunev, swimmer Maksym Shemberev, Marina Nekrasova and Ivan Tikhonov (artistic gymnastics) and one athlete in road cycling. In 2016, 56 athletes represented Azerbaijan at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

The European Athletics Championship started in Berlin on August 6.

Azerbaijan's record-breaking Olympics team arrived back from Rio to jubilant scenes when they landed in Baku this night.

Four Azerbaijani athletes will perform on the 16th day of the Rio 2016.

Azerbaijani athlete Sotomayor Collazo Lorenzo (weight category 64 kg) advanced to the 1/4 finals in boxing competitions as part of Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 15.

Azerbaijani athletes were standing in the front row singing national anthem as the Azerbaijani tricolor flag was raised in the athlete’s village on August 3 in Rio, which will host the 31st Summer Olympic Games on August 5 to 21, and the 15th Summer Paralympic Games on September 7-18.

Azerbaijan’s rower Juri Meglich, who has booked the country a spot at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games following the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World​ Championships in London, pins great hopes on Rio 2016.