By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, September 2 — On Wednesday the President of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Michel Platini arrived in Armenia to take part in the opening ceremony of the new technical center for Armenian national soccer teams. In 2007, Platini laid down the foundations of the construction of the center located [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti Armenia), April 5–On April 6-10 an international boxing tournament will be held in Armenia, the press service of the Armenian Boxing Federation informs. The report says that the tournament, initiated by the Armenian Boxing Federation, is included in the 2010 schedule of the European Union Boxing Confederation (EUBC) and is planned to become [...]
VANCOUVER, Canada (Armenian Weekly), February 19—Armenia’s athletes are all in the same boat, trying to do their best, but with little exposure and much doubt from the outside nations on their abilities. Kristine Khachatryan and Sergey Mikayelyan, both cross-country skiers, have already completed their respective events. Khachatryan, in the ladies’ 10 km. free, started her [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), February 19—Armenian chessmaster Levon Aronyan has taken second place in the Chess Super-Tournament in Linares, Spain, the official site of the tournament informs. Aronyan called a draw with Boris Gelfand (Israel) in the fifth round of the Linares tournament. All five games played by Aronyan on this tournament ended in draws. In the [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti-Armenia), February 4–The final list of participants of the Armenian delegation to the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver (12th of February 12-March 1) has been confirmed, the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs informed. Skiers Sergey Mikaelyan (Ashotsk, Cross-Country Skiing, Men’s 15 km), Christina Khachatryan (Gyumri,Cross-Country Skiing, Ladies’ 10 km.), [...]
YEREVAN (Novosti Armenia), January 29 –Avetik Grigoryan became the winner of the 70th Chess Championship of Armenia, and Anahit Haratyan became the winners of 65th Chess championship among women, according to the official site of the Chess Federation of Armenia. The winner among the men was defined in advance, and Grigoryan was already celebrating his [...]
YEREVAN (Tert.am), January 27–David Fahradyan, a gymnastics instructor in the V. Brusov Physical Training and Emergencies Department at Yerevan State Linguistic University (YSLU), has been registered in the Guinness Book of World Records. An application for getting the certificate for the most consecutive gymnastic high bar giants (350) was sent to the main office of Guinness [...]
