IBF World Champion Vakhtang Darchinyan is in Armenia preparing for the fight with Russian boxer Dmitri Kirilov due on June 7.

Some Armenian footballers have been transferred to foreign clubs on the eve of a new football season

For a long time Edgar Manoucharian, a rising Armenian football star playing for Ajax of Amsterdam, couldn’t score for the Armenian national team. Moreover, he has rarely been recruited to the national team due to constant injuries. Manoucharian kicked his only goal three years ago in an informal game with Macedonia.

Under a recent contract the halfback of the Armenian football team Romik Khachatrian will soon be transferred to Banants. Khachatrian informed A1+ that he has already expressed readiness to move to the Armenian team from APOP of Cyprus.

The 17th Amber-2008 Blindfold and Rapid Tournament drew to an end in Nice, France. Before the final 11th round, Armenian GM Levon Aronian had already secured victory leaving his contenders behind. In the 10th round he drew both blindfold and rapid games against Peter Leko to finish on 14,5 points.

Armenian GM levon Aronian is still in sole lead ahead of the final round of the “Amber-2008” Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament held in Nice, France. The Armenian GM tied with Vladimir Kramnik 1:1 both in the blindfold and rapid games.

Armenian Grand Master Levon Aronian beat Alexander Marozevich from (Russia) 2:0 at the “Amber-2008” International Chess Tournament underway in Nice, France. He won the blindfold and rapid games thus securing a winner’s title. World champion Viswanathan Anand lost to Vasili Ivanchuk of Ukraine 0.5:1.5.

The half-back of the Armenian football team Aram Hakobyan has signed a one-year contract with “Volga” of Ulianovsk. The 28-year-old footballer told A1+ that he might leave the Russian team in summer as the contract is signed by the principle “6 months + 6 months.”

Armenian Grand Master Levon Aronian won over World champion Viswanathan Anand 1.5:0.5 in the 8th round of the Amber International Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament underway in Nice, France. The Armenian GM won the blindfold and tied the rapid game against Anand.

The “Morelia-Linares-2008” Super Tournament resumed in the Spanish city Linares. Armenian GM Levon Aronian beat Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria thus taking a revenge on his contender.

The Armenian and Azerbaijani footzal national teams will meet today in Pardubica, Czech Republic.

The participation of the Armenian hokey nation team in the Hockey World Championship was concluded with a scandal.

“Morelia - Linares – 2008” chess tournament continues in Morelia, Mexico. The Armenian grand master Levon Aronyan played successfully in the 5-th tour.

The 25th Morelia – Linares-2008 chess tournament kicked off in Mexico with eight participants. These are the current World Champion GM Viswanathan Anand, the Ukranian top GM Vassily Ivanchuk, the ex World Champion GM Veselin Topalov, the Norwegian prodigy GM Magnus Carlsen, the Hungarian top star GM Peter Leko, the Azerbaijani young talent GM Teimour Radjabov, the Armenian number 1 GM Levon Aronian, and the World Cup finalist GM Alexei Shirov.

“Morelia – Linares” chess championship is to be launched tomorrow. The Armenian grand master Levon Aronyan will participate in the championship for the third time. Levon won in this championship in 2006.

Yesterday evening the Armenian hockey team left for Bosnia to partake in the World Hockey Championship qualifiers scheduled for February 15. Armenia’s contenders are Bosnia and Greece.

23-year-old forward of the Armenian football team Robert Zebelian has been transferred from near Moscow “Khimki” to “Baltika,” Kaliningrad.

Yerevan’s “Banants” continues trainings in Cyprus. The team has held an elimination match with “Metalurg,” Donetsk, which is interested in Banants’ leading footballers Ararat Arakelian and Samvel Melkonian.

The Armenian football national team occupied the second place during the international championship in Malta.

The Malta International Football Tournament 2008 is drawing to an end. The Armenian football team competes with Iceland on February 6.

The Armenian national football team will compete with Belarus at the Malta International Football Tournament-2008.

Europe's senior football officials gathered in the Croatian city of Zagreb on Thursday for the Ordinary UEFA Congress.

Leading footballers of “Banants” Samvel Melkonian and Ararat Arakelian will henceforth play in “Metalurg,” Donentsk, although some German clubs have taken interest in the Armenian sportsmen.

Armenian clubs are getting ready for the upcoming championship. The Armenian champions “Pyunik” and “Ulis” are trained twice a day in the “Ayg” sport centre in Ararat.