Idman.biz

Overview

Idman.biz — branded İdman və Biz, or “Sports and Us” — is a Baku-based sports news portal launched on 26 September 2023 as a project of Trend News Agency (AzerNews). It publishes news, results, and analysis across all sports in three languages: Azerbaijani, Russian, and English (AzerNews; TurkicWorld). Its stated aim is to provide high-quality, up-to-date coverage of sporting events in Azerbaijan and around the world, combining fast news with analytical material that links local and global perspectives (Idman.biz).

The portal was introduced at an official presentation ceremony in Baku attended by government, Olympic, media-regulator, and Trend officials (TurkicWorld). Since then it has published continuously, including federation-sourced reporting such as its October 2026 account of Azerbaijan’s freestyle wrestling team’s final training camp before the World Championships (Idman.biz). It is best understood as Trend’s dedicated sports vertical: a single-sport-subject outlet inside a larger news agency’s portfolio, rather than a standalone company.

Launch and ownership

The Idman.biz portal was presented in Baku on 26 September 2023, at a ceremony attended by Youth and Sports Minister Farid Gayibov, National Olympic Committee vice-president Chingiz Huseynzade and secretary-general Azer Aliyev, Media Development Agency executive director Ahmed Ismayilov, and Trend News Agency director-general Ilgar Huseynov (TurkicWorld; AzerNews). AzerNews covered the presentation, reporting the ceremony and the officials who attended (AzerNews). Trend deputy director Sahil Kerimli presented the project, saying the agency runs both international and local projects and that Idman.biz was one of them (TurkicWorld). Project manager Anar Imanov briefed guests on the website after a promotional video was shown (TurkicWorld). Every source read in full describes Idman.biz as a Trend News Agency project, and this profile follows that description: it does not present the portal as an independent company, and it does not claim any editorial separation from Trend, which no source establishes.

Languages and coverage

Idman.biz functions in Azerbaijani, Russian, and English, with news broadcast simultaneously in all three languages (AzerNews). Its scope is all sports: the launch promised football, basketball, tennis, Formula 1, and more, with news, results, and analysis (TurkicWorld). Its own About page adds that experts and journalists produce in-depth analytical material on events, trends, and developments across disciplines, aiming for a holistic view that connects local and global perspectives (Idman.biz). Readers can also follow it on Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, and other social networks (TurkicWorld).

A typical example is its October 2026 report that Azerbaijan’s senior freestyle wrestling team had begun a two-week final camp at the Guba Olympic Sports Complex ahead of the World Championships in Astana (Idman.biz). The report, citing the Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation, named head coach Khetag Gazyumov and coach Arif Abdullayev, listed the full squad across ten weight classes, and noted that twelve under-20 wrestlers had joined the camp for sparring (Idman.biz). That federation-sourced style is characteristic of its domestic coverage.

Reception and role

At the launch, Youth and Sports Minister Farid Gayibov said sport is a state policy of Azerbaijan and thanked Trend for its focus on sports, adding that English-language broadcasting of Azerbaijani sport news would spread more information about Azerbaijani sport around the world (TurkicWorld). National Olympic Committee vice-president Chingiz Huseynzade called the trilingual portal an innovation in Azerbaijan’s sports sphere and said he was confident it would take a worthy place in the Azerbaijani media space, with ample room for Olympic and non-Olympic sports (AzerNews). He also urged the creative team to prepare articles about athletes’ life paths and determination, not only their victories (AzerNews). Two-time world wrestling champion Rafig Huseynov praised Trend as an accurate and unbiased media resource and said more projects like Idman.biz would mean accurate coverage of athletes’ success (TurkicWorld). These are launch-event statements, and this profile presents them as such rather than as independent assessments of the portal’s quality.

Fact	Detail
Launched	26 September 2023, presented in Baku
Operator	Trend News Agency (project, not a standalone company)
Languages	Azerbaijani, Russian, English (simultaneous)
Brand	İdman və Biz — “Sports and Us”
Project manager	Anar Imanov
Scope	All sports: news, results, analysis; Olympic and non-Olympic
Distribution	Website plus Facebook, Instagram, Telegram and other social accounts
Example output	October 2026 federation-sourced wrestling camp report

Sources: AzerNews; TurkicWorld; Idman.biz; Idman.biz.

Frequently asked questions

What is Idman.biz? Idman.biz, branded İdman və Biz (“Sports and Us”), is a Baku-based sports news portal launched on 26 September 2023. It publishes sports news, results, and analysis in Azerbaijani, Russian, and English, covering all sports from football to wrestling. It operates as a project of Trend News Agency.

Who runs Idman.biz? Idman.biz is a project of Trend News Agency, presented by Trend executives at its 2023 launch. Project manager Anar Imanov briefed guests on the website. No source establishes editorial separation from Trend. Trend’s deputy director Sahil Kerimli presented the project at the launch ceremony.

What languages does Idman.biz publish in? Azerbaijani, Russian, and English. News is broadcast simultaneously in all three languages, which launch speakers described as a novelty for spreading Azerbaijani sport news internationally. The trilingual format was presented as the portal’s main innovation at launch by its National Olympic Committee vice-president.

What sports does Idman.biz cover? All sports, in the portal’s own description. Launch coverage named football, basketball, tennis, and Formula 1; its working output includes Olympic sports such as wrestling, with federation-sourced camp and squad reporting. Its About page promises analytical material linking local and global perspectives across disciplines.

Is Idman.biz independent of Trend News Agency? No independence is established. Every source read describes Idman.biz as a Trend News Agency project, and this profile treats it as Trend’s sports vertical rather than a standalone outlet. Readers should therefore treat its output as part of Trend’s portfolio, not as a separate company’s work.

What this profile does not claim

• It does not give audience, traffic, staff-size, or funding figures; none were stated in the sources read in full.
• It does not claim editorial separation between Idman.biz and Trend News Agency.
• It does not name a legal entity behind the portal; none was stated in the sources read in full.
• It does not treat launch-event praise from a minister, an Olympic official, and an athlete as independent assessment of the portal’s quality.
• It does not claim the portal’s coverage is comprehensive or neutral; the profile describes its stated scope and one verified example of its output.