Category: Sports
Armenia Stuns Czechs with Injury-Time Win
PRAGUE (Reuters) — Armenia scored in injury time to beat the Czech Republic 2-1 in their World Cup Group B qualifier on Friday, severely denting the home side’s chances of making the finals. The Czechs looked like they had salvaged a draw when Tomas Rosicky’s long-range shot deflected into the net off a defender to [...]
Soccer Recovery: Spirited Armenia Back in Contention
By Suren Musayelyan COPENHAGEN, Denmark (ArmeniaNow) — Hundreds of Danes gave Armenia a standing ovation as the visitors completed their incredible 4-0 thrashing of the home team last week. The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier became a moment of truth for Vardan Minasyan and his underperforming tendency that suffered four straight defeats, including the [...]
Wrestling Champion Aleksanyan Honored
GUMRI (Armenpress) — Shirak Governor Felix Tsolakyan honored Greco-Roman wrestler and European champion, Artur Aleksanyan, on March 26. Tsolakyan congratulated Aleksanyan on his victory and awarded him AMD 400,000. That same day, Gumri Mayor Samuel Balasanyan, welcomed Aleksanyan to the city. Balasantan offered the wrestler his congratulations and presented him with a land parcel located [...]
Davit Safaryan Wins European Wrestling Championship
TBILISI (PanArmenian.net) — Armenian wrestler, Davit Safaryan (66 kg,) took home the European Championships’ gold medal. Safaryan beat out Turkish contender, Yakup Gor, in the finals. Mihran Jaburyan (55 kg), and Narek Sanoyan (60 kg), also represented Armenia in the tournament.
Winning Move: Chess Reigns as Kingly Pursuit in Armenia
YEREVAN (Wall Street Journal) — Reporters stake out Tigran L. Petrosian’s home. Fans seek his autograph. His image is splashed across magazine covers and his youthful face beams from posters on teenagers’ walls. Continue reading.
Armenia’s Men’s Chess Team Named World Champions
ISTANBUL and YEREVAN (ArmeniaNow) — Armenian chess players returned home to a heroes’ welcome after winning the 40th World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sunday. President Serge Sargisian personally went to the airport on Monday to meet the chess players who won Armenia’s third Olympic gold, matching the result so far achieved by only [...]
Armenian-Born Boxer Becomes World Champ
BERLIN (DPA-AFP) — Arthur Abraham has become World Boxing Organization (WBO) super middleweight champion in a unanimous decision over fellow German Robert Stieglitz on August 25. Abraham defended his middleweight title 10 times between 2005 and 2009 before moving up a class. Stieglitz, the cham- pion for the past three years, suffered heavy bruising and [...]
Coach Adam Krikorian Leads US Women’s Water Polo Team to Golden Finish
LONDON (Reuters) – The U.S. won the country’s first gold medal in women’s water polo, going one better than they did in Beijing to finally claim the sport’s top prize and end 12 years of painful near-misses for four-time Olympians Brenda Villa and Heather Petri. Continue reading.
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