On the eve of Uzbekistan’s first appearance at the FIFA World Cup, I spoke with The Copa Club, a website for South American football, about what fans of Colombia can expect from their opponents in Group K. Both teams will also play against Portugal and DR Congo at this year’s tournament. My quotes are a … More Uzbekistan at the 2026 FIFA World Cup – A chat with The Copa Club
Some of my photographs from Central Asia can be purchased through my store on Picfair. The collection is called Life in Central Asia.
The 25 scenes – from cities and rural locations in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan – are available both as high-quality art prints, and as digital downloads for websites and businesses. … More Life in Central Asia: Photographs from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
Video above: A two-minute walk through the central bazaar in Osh – a friendly and utterly fascinating little city in southern Kyrgyzstan. *** Jonathan Campion is a writer, journalist, editor and linguist, working in the Eurasia region. Read about his work here, and contact him here.
Supporters of Uzbek sport have had a lot to celebrate this year. The national football team currently sits at the top of its qualifying group for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, while eight of the country’s athletes took gold at this summer’s Paris Olympics.
But next year Uzbekistan wants to enter the world stage in a more surprising sport: cricket.
The Central Asian country joined the game’s governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), in 2022. As an “Associate” ICC member there are hopes that the Uzbek squad will play its first international matches in 2025, in the Twenty20 (T20) version of the game. T20 games are much shorter than traditional five-day Test matches. … More Uzbekistan’s Cricket Team: We’re Ready For International Matches — The Times of Central Asia
Spending time in Tashkent, Uzbekistan’s grand, roomy capital, I learned a lot about daily life in Central Asia: … More Six things I felt in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
On 4 and 5 April 2019, two of my photographs will be displayed at the photo exhibition ‘Daily Life in Central Asia’, at the BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels. … More My photographs in SEnECA’s ‘Daily Lives in Central Asia’ exhibition (BOZAR, Brussels – April 2019)
LIFE IN CENTRAL ASIA 