The sport/concert complex may host other sport competitions in the skating ring. The skating ring may turn into, for example, a basketball playground in only 8-9 hours,” told “A1+” director of the Karen Demirchyan sport/concert complex Karen Matosyan.

Former soccer player of the Armenian young team and the “Bentonit” team of Ijevan Karlen Abramov died in a car accident in Tashkent. The 21-year old player was transferred to the hospital in critical condition and doctors weren’t able to save his life.

The Armenian and Latvian football teams will play a friendly match on February 11, 2009 in Cyprus making it the first match between the Armenian and Latvian teams.

Armenian Grand Master Levon Aronyan sustained his first defeat at the chess super-tournament in Nanjing (China) after losing to Bulgarian Vesselin Topalov at the sixth round.

It is a few months the footballers of Yerevan’s Ararat haven’t been paid salaries, Ararat’s ex chief coach Varujan Sukiasyan said yesterday. Today the team’s General Manager Karo Topuzyan confirmed the information.

Serzh Sargsyan received Olympic champion of figure skating, three-time world and five-time European champion Evgeni Plyushchenko who is in Armenia to participate in the current construction of the “Figure Skating School” named after him and to get acquainted with the material and technical foundations for the figure skating ring. The opening of the school will take place at the end of December.

Best chess player of the Dresden Olympiad Gabriel Sargsyan has been recognized as Best Armenian Athlete of 2008. Based on results of a survey conducted by the Federation of Sport Journalists, the grosmeister was ahead of a number of medal-winners.

Armenian boxer Andranik Hakobyan (75 kg) won the World Cup after winning over his Venezuelan contender Alfonso Blanco in Moscow. Andranik’s victory was notable as Armenia hadn’t had world cup holders for 14 years.

Ashot Kirakosyan has been appointed chief coach of Yerevan’s Ararat. He will replace Varujan Sukiasyan who has recently tendered his resignation, Ararat’s Executive Manager Karo Topuzyan informed A1+.

The group tournaments for the champions’ league are over and all 16 participants of the 1/8 final are known. In the last 6th tournament, the teams decided who places where in the play-offs.

After a five-year interval, Armenian figure skaters will compete in the European figure skating championship to be held in January 2009 in the Finnish capital of Helsinki.

Germany’s WBA and WIBF flyweight World Champion Susi Kentikian ("Killer Queen") defended her titles against Russian Anastasia Toktaulova. She received a reward of €50 000 after the out-right victory.

After a long-lasting silence the full-back of the Armenian national football team Robert Arzumanyan participated in the Danish football championship.

he celebration in honor of the award-winning athletes of the Olympic Games, winners of the 38th World Chess Olympiad and medal-winners of the European Boxing Championship at the Spendarian Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet is going on as we speak.

Gagik Tsarukyan was reelected president of the Armenian Olympic Committee by a unanimous vote by members of the Supreme Assembly of the AOC with mandates. Tsarukyan was the only candidate for the position.

The Armenian teen and youth boxing teams were supposed to play a friendly match with their Russian counterparts on December 6. But the match scheduled to take place at the Karen Demirchyan sport/concert complex will not take place. The Armenian Boxing Federation told “A1+” that the match was postponed for a while and it is unclear as to when it will take place. It was foreseen that 15 pairs would...

Armenia plans to have divers participate in the 2012 Olympics to take place in London. During the past couple of years, Armenian divers have participated in teen and youth international competitions.

The results of the recent World Chess Olympiad in Dresden may be reviewed. Leading chess player of Ukraine Vasili Ivanchuk refused to move on to a doping test after the 11th tournament. As a result, the renowned grosmeister may be disqualified for 2 years and Ukraine may lose the Gaprindashvili cup, which was given after the counting of the results of the Ukrainian men and women chess players.

“Ararat” is going to bring a suit against the President of the Armenian Football Federation (FFA), Armenian MP Ruben Hayrapetyan. According to the club administration the FFA President gave a good hiding to Ararat's General Manager Varujan Simonov on November 15.

There were only 53,307 fans present at the 113 soccer matches during the 2008 Armenian soccer championship and it is a rather low rating compared to the European championships.

Yerevan is going to give an enthusiastic welcome to Armenian chess players returning to their Homeland at 7 p.m., November 26. Yesterday the Armenian team became the winner of the Chess Olympiad 2008 defending its champion’s title at the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden.

The Armenian chess team is the strongest once again. Armenian chess players won China in the Chess Olympiad in Dresden today 2:5:1:5 and kept the championship title after being declared champion in 2006.

Armenian young judo athletes will participate in the up-to 23-year old European championship to be held on November 21 in Zagreb. The Armenian team already left for Croatia.

Yerevan’s “Banants” has refused the services of legionaries Evgeny Matyugin, Vitaly Ledenyov and Dmitri Parkhomenko, Banants’ President Sargis Israelyan informed A1+.