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Ahead of the Eid al Fitr, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Pardoning A Group of Persons Serving Sentences, Who Have Sincerely Repented Their Deed Decree, a source in the government said.

The decree pardoned and reprieved 575 citizens, of which 361 were fully pardoned, while the sentences of 214 people were substituted for lesser sentences.

Among those pardoned, there are 7 people who are over 60 years of age, 6 women and 1 foreign citizen.

The Tashkent-based Humo hockey club will play from the 2019-2020 season in the Higher Hockey League (VHL), the Uzbekistan Hockey Federation (UHF) said in a statement.

“On May 31, a meeting of the chiefs of the VHL clubs took place in Sochi, which traditionally summed up the completed hockey season. The event began with the introduction of new clubs that will join the Higher Hockey League in the season 2019-2020. Among them, the Uzbek hockey club Humo”, - the statement said.

Kirill Matveev, Vice-President of the UHF, made the club’s presentation, briefed about the infrastructure, transport and other facilities and about the club’s plans.

A contract was also signed Evgeny Popikhin as the head coach of the team, with talks underway over who will be part of the team.

During the event, a new structure for the championship is presented - division by divisions and conferences will be introduced in the VHL. Groups are formed taking into account logistics in order to optimize the costs of clubs. The league structure and calendar will be made public in July.

The Humo Club was founded in 2018 and in 2019 played in the first championship of the Uzbek Hockey League.

Turkey national team defeated Uzbekistan in a friendly match 2: 0, through the two goals by the Lille defender Zeki Çelik. The match at Alanya Bahcesehir Stadium saw Turkey go up in the 17th minute, when defender Zeki Celik's header found the net.

In the second half, Turkey increased the lead to 2-0 in the 57th minute, this time Çelik followed up a saved shot by Kenan Karaman.

It was the first time ever that Uzbekistan and Turkey squared off against each other.

Uzbekistan will play another two friendlies in Tashkent against North Korea (June 7) and Syria (June 11).

These matches will be part of the preparation for the qualifying round of the Qatar World Cup in 2022.

The draw for the World Cup qualifying round is due in July.

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