By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, December 16 – Armenian National Team midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan became the best football player of the year of the Republic of Armenia. During December 14’s award ceremony, the head of the Football Federation of Armenia Ruben Hayrapetyan awarded Henrikh Mkhitaryan with the “Golden boots.” Armenian National Team forward Yura Movsisyan became [...]

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 Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, April 4 — Armenians make success in the European Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship in Dortmund, by winning four medals — one gold, one silver and two bronze. Artur Shahinian (84kg) and Yuri Patrikeev (120kg) won bronze medals. The silver medal was won by the Armenian wrestler Artur Alexanian in the 96kg weight [...]

By Victoria Vardanyan YEREVAN, September 8–The  national soccer team of the Republic of Armenia played 2:2 against Macedonians in the second match of the qualifying round of European Football Championship 2012. Vardan Minasyan’s team met Macedonia’s team in Skopje and first scored in the match. On the 41st minute, Yura Movsisyan — the rookie of [...]

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 (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 [...]

YEREVAN (Tert.am)–A recent survey by the Armenian Federation of Sport Journalists recognized Armenia’s best athlete in 2009 was weightlifter Nazik Avdalyan. The 2009 World Champion in weightlifting was awarded 520 points. Sport journalists in Armenia voted weightlifter Arakel Mirzoyan at second place, with a total score of 420. Armenia’s best sports team for 2009 was [...]