By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, November 8 — “Ten Armenian athletes will partake in the 35th World Sambo Championship, which will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on November 10-14,” the press office of the Sambo Federation of the Republic of Armenia reports. According to the report, Tigran Kirakosyan (114.4 lbs), Martin Mirzoyan (136.4 lbs), Andranik Naghdalyan [...]

By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, November 3 — “Men and women national chess teams of the Republic of Armenia will take part in the European Team Chess Championships that will be held on November 3-11 in Greek city Porto Karras,” armchess.am reports. The men national team is represented by Levon Aronian, Vladimir Hakobyan, Gabriel Sarkisian and [...]

By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, October 12 — on October 12 the Armenian national football team landed in Yerevan, Zvartnots international airport at 9am. On October 11 the Armenian football team had a match with the Ireland football team at Dublin’s Aviva stadium. In its final Group B match in Euro 2012 qualifiers, Armenia’s national squad [...]

By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, October 7 — During a working visit to Macedonia in September, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered money awards for the country’s national football team in case of victory over the Republic of Armenia in the UEFA EURO 2012 qualifier on October 7. Quoting a source in the Macedonian Parliament, [...]

By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, August 25 – Each of the six members of the Armenian men’s chess team (five players (among them Levon Aronian) and the coach) that became world champion at the 8th World Team Chess Championship will receive 7,500,000 dram. The decision was made today, at the sitting the Armenian government. The Championship was [...]

By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, August 22 — On August 21 the Armenian President Serge Sarkisian took part in the closing ceremony of the 5th Pan-Armenian Games. In his speech the Armenian President said: “I congratulate all of us on successfully organizing this wonderful event. My congratulations to all winners. I am sure that during these [...]

By Vigen Margaryan August 11 – IBO World Champion Vic Darchinyan and his team gave a press conference on August 11. On September 3 a boxing evening will take place at Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex. The boxing will consist of five fights. Among Armenian athletes are Azat Hovhannisyan, Gabriel Tolmajyan and Hovhannes Zhamkochyan. [...]