İdman və Biz

What is İdman və Biz?

İdman və Biz is a sports news site publishing at idman.biz. Its front page carries the title “İdman və Biz - Qələbə ritmindəyik!” and offers Azerbaijani, English and Russian editions.^[1] Its own about page states that the site “Azərbaycanda, eləcə də dünyada baş verən idman hadisələri barədə yüksək keyfiyyətli və aktual məlumat təqdim etmək məqsədi daşıyır” — that it aims to present high-quality and current information on sporting events in Azerbaijan and in the world — and refers to its expert and journalist staff.^[2] No publisher or legal entity is named on the pages retrieved.

Azerbaijani media entities are recorded in the Media Reyestri, the electronic register established under article 73.1 of the Law on Media and operated by the Media Agentliyi.^[3] Reporters Without Borders ranks Azerbaijan 171st of 180 in its 2026 World Press Freedom Index with a score of 23.95; its media-landscape text opens: “Virtually the entire media sector is under official control, and state-owned television is the most popular information source.” The sentence is quoted as published and RSF does not name this outlet.^[4]

What does İdman və Biz cover?

The front page's own navigation runs a news feed, more than forty sport categories — among them football, wrestling, judo, gymnastics, chess, boxing, volleyball, basketball, futsal and karate — football subsections for the Azerbaijani championship, the national team, women's football, world football and beach football, a multisport group covering the Olympic and Paralympic Games, video, and a standing section for the 2026 World Cup.^[1]

Its reporting extends past results into measured series. On 1 July 2026 it published the attendance figures for the completed 2025/26 top football division: 285,778 spectators across 198 matches, an average of 1,443, with Qarabağ on 51,167 across seventeen home matches, an average of 3,010, Neftçi on 44,693 across sixteen, Sumqayıt on 39,560, Turan Tovuz on 34,550 and Karvan-Yevlax on 27,380, and the round-33 fixture between Qarabağ and Sabah named as the season's best attended with 17,338 present.^[5]

It also covers school and youth competition. On 11 June 2026 it reported that the Məktəblilərin Respublika İdman Olimpiadası was organised jointly by the Elm və Təhsil Nazirliyi and the Gənclər və İdman Nazirliyi, that more than 2,000 schoolchildren from 59 districts and cities were entered, and that the competitions would run from 21 to 26 June across twelve sports.^[6] On 11 June 2026 it also published İctimai Televiziya's statement on the 2026 World Cup broadcast arrangement.^[7]

How large is İdman və Biz's audience?

No audited readership measurement for İdman və Biz could be retrieved for this page, and no recognised Azerbaijani measurement currency publishing online audience figures for it was found. Traffic estimators are not audited measurement and no estimate from one is given here.

The site publishes no audience figure of its own on the pages retrieved; its about page describes its purpose and its staff and gives no readership number.^[2] What is documented is output: three language editions and more than forty sport categories on its own navigation.^[1]

The only third-party statement about media reach in Azerbaijan retrieved here is RSF's, quoted above, which concerns state-owned television and does not name this outlet.^[4]

Since when has İdman və Biz existed?

The site's own about page dates its official presentation ceremony to 26 September 2023.^[2] That is the outlet's claim about itself and no independent source carrying the same date was retrieved for this page. Its front page carries a 2026 copyright line.^[1]

A presentation ceremony and the start of publication are not necessarily the same event, and no separate date for the first publication was retrieved. The register in which Azerbaijani media entities are recorded was established under article 73.1 of the Law on Media, whose text the Media Agentliyi dates 8 February 2022.^[3]

Why does İdman və Biz matter in Azerbaijan's sport?

Its distinguishing output is measured series rather than comment. Its attendance report of 1 July 2026 is a completed-season total — 285,778 spectators across 198 matches — rather than a running mid-season count, and it breaks the total down by club and names the season's best-attended fixture.^[5] A figure of that shape is what a structural proxy for spectator interest requires, and it rests here on this single specialist source.

It reports the school system as well as the professional one: its account of the Məktəblilərin Respublika İdman Olimpiadası of June 2026 names both organising ministries, the twelve sports and the participation figure the organisers gave.^[6]

It also carries broadcaster statements directly, as with İctimai Televiziya's 2026 World Cup announcement of 11 June 2026.^[7] Its own statements about itself — purpose, staffing and presentation date — are attributed to it and not adopted.^[2]