The Presidents Cup is a series of men's golf matches between the United States and the rest of the world, held biennially.
Kevin Jonathan Dallman is Canadian-Kazakhstani professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for Barys Astana of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Kazakhstan consistently performs in Olympic competitions. It is especially successful in boxing. This has brought some attention to the Central Asian nation, and increased world awareness of its athletes. Kazakhstan's city of Almaty submitted twice bid for the Winter Olympics: In 2014 and again for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Nur-Sultan and Almaty hosted the 2011 Asian Winter Games.
Askar Uzakbaiuly Mamin is the current Prime Minister of Kazakhstan. He served as First Deputy Prime Minister from 9 September 2016 to 21 February 2019. Previously he was the President of the Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, the national railway company of Kazakhstan. He also serves as the President of the Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation, a position he assumed in 2008.
Football in Kazakhstan is governed by the national body the Football Federation of Kazakhstan. The FFK organises the men's, women's and futsal national teams. Football is the most popular sport in the country, followed by ice hockey.
The Republic of Kazakhstan Open Ice Hockey Championship(Kazakh: Шайбалық хоккей бойынша Қазақстан Республикасының ашық чемпионаты, Russian: Открытый Чемпионат Республики Казахстан по хоккею с шайбой), commonly referred to as Kazakh Hockey Championship, is an annual ice hockey award and national title, bestowed to the winning ice hockey team in Kazakhstan, founded in 1992.
The International Ice Hockey Federation is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey and in-line hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 76 members. It manages international ice hockey tournaments and maintains the IIHF World Ranking.
Barys Hockey Club, commonly referred to as Barys Astana or simply Barys, is a professional ice hockey team based in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. It is one of the founding members of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). They play in the league's Chernyshev Division of the Eastern Conference. Their home arena is the Barys Arena, where they have played since the 2015–16 KHL season. Prior to 2015, the team played home games at the Kazakhstan Sports Palace for 14 seasons, beginning in 2001. The head coach is Andrei Skabelka and the president is Boris Ivanishchev
Ice hockey at the 2011 Asian Winter Games was held in Astana (males) and Almaty (females) in Kazakhstan from 28 January to 6 February.
Alexander Gennadievich Koreshkov is a retired Kazakhstani professional ice hockey left winger who last competed at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team. He is the older brother of Evgeni Koreshkov. He is currently serves as a president of the Kontinental Hockey League team Barys Astana and a general manager of the Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team.
Nomad Hockey Club, commonly referred to as Nomad Astana, is a farm team of the Barys Astana of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Founded in 2007 as Barys Astana–2, the team changed its name to Nomad Astana in 2013. They play in the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship, the top level of ice hockey in Kazakhstan.
The Astana Cup is a tennis tournament held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan since 2010.
Vladimir Nikolaevich Belyayev is a Kazakhstani professional ice hockey coach. He is honored coach of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Belyaev was the head coach of HC Astana from 2011 until 2013. His son Maksim Belyayev is an ice hockey player and playing for Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk at the Kontinental Hockey League.
The Kazakhstan Sports Palace is a palace of sports located in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. It serves as the home for Nomad Astana and HC Astana of the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship and Snezhnye Barsy junior hockey team of the Junior Hockey League. The arena seats 4,070 spectators for ice hockey.
The 'Astana' Presidential Club is a multi-sports club established under the initiative of Nursultan Nazarbayev in 2012. The main aim of the Club is to support and develop professional sports and sports of high achievement in Kazakhstan and promote the image of Astana and Kazakhstan in general, on the international arena.
Nur-Sultan is home to many sports teams.
Nikita Yurevich Mikhailis is a Kazakh professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for the Barys Astana in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Mikhailis began playing professionally at the age of 16 with the Nomad Astana of the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship. He played one season with Nomad, during which time he was selected 121st overall by the Barys in the 2012 KHL Junior Draft. In 2012, he began playing major junior hockey with the Barys' junior league affiliate Snezhnye Barsy of the Junior Hockey League (MHL) for three seasons. In 2014–15, he began playing for Barys and register 4 points in the regular season.
The Kazakhstan Basketball Cup is the national men's professional basketball cup competition in the country of Kazakhstan. It is organised annually over a few days in a single location by the National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan. Its official designation in full is: Basketball Cup of the Republic of Kazakhstan for men's teams Russian: Кубка Республика Казахстан по баскетболу среди мужских команд).
The history of Barys Astana Kontinental Hockey League team dates back to 1999.
