In Moldova the Women's Chess European Championship has started. From the Armenian Chess players Lilit Mkrtchyan has made a wonderful start winning the first two games. Besides her, 20 other chess-players have also won 2 points, and it is clear that the battle for the first place will be really hot. {BR} In the third round Lilit Mkrtchyan will play with Firuza Velikhani. Elina Danielyan has 1.5 points...

Armenian national football team once again lost the match. The Romanians beat our team by 0:3.{BR}

The match between the national youth teams of Armenia and Romania finished several minutes ago. There was no goal in the first half of the game, but the second was started successfully by the hosts who scored at the 50th minute. At the 78th minute Kurlea scored for the second time. The Romanian youth team won the match 2:0. {BR} After this loss the Armenian national youth team is has still 5 points and is in the 5th place in the group.

On the eve of the match Armenia-Macedonia the coach of the Armenian national team Henk Vissman held a press conference. The coach said that he has watched the match Macedonia-Armenia twice and has drawn conclusions with the players. {BR} As for tomorrow's game, Vissman has chosen the tactics 3+5+2 and has chosen the players who will play in the main team. It turned out that the 18-year-old Edgar...

The National team of Macedonia was not able to arrive in Yerevan yesterday evening, as it was planned, in order to take part in the match with the Armenian national team on June 4. The plane in which the Macedonian team was coming to Yerevan was forced to return to Skopje from Turkey. {BR} After losing a day the Macedonian national team will arrive in Yerevan today at about 8:00 p.m. Factually, the...

The task was set to the team of 19-year-old footballers Today the national team of 19-year-old footballers of Armenia, who won the pass to the finals of the European Football Championship among the sportsmen under the age of 19 arrived at the airport of Zvartnots by the Vienna-Yerevan flight. The young footballers were met by relatives, friends, journalists as well as President of the Football Federation...

The Armenian national youth football team (up to 19 years old) had a wonderful performance in the Football European Championship second preliminary phase. The Armenian footballers were included in the 4th group where they played with the national youth teams of Italy, Belgium and Hungary. {BR} In the last 3rd round the Armenian national team of 19-year-old players beat the hosts – Hungary 5:0 and...

In the Judo European Championship which took place in the Netherlands Armen Nazaryan from Hrazdan became champion of the continent. Before that the experienced sportsman had taken only the 3rd place. Our other sportsmen could not win prizes. {BR} It has been a long time since our sportsmen have won prizes in judo. In general, in 2005 the Armenian sportsmen have improved their results considerably....

Henk Vinsman, a 48-year old coach from the Netherlands will take charge of the Armenian National Team and «Pyunik». Rouben Hayrapetyan, head of the Armenian Football Federation, announced about it today during the press conference. A contract has bee signed for 7 months which can be prolonged for 2 years. {BR} At present Vinsman's assistant is Vardan Minasyan, ex-coach of «Pyunik», but soon another...

In Dony Rostov the youth competition of Greco-Roman wrestling in which about 180 athletes from 11 countries took part has just finished. The Armenian delegation consisted of 13 athletes. {BR} Tigran Gevorgyan from the 46 kg group took the first place, and Norayr Khachatryan (56kg), Hovhannes Varderesyan (58kg) and Sargis Tonoyan (64kg) won bronze medals. It must be mentioned that this year the athletes...

The Chess 2005 Championship of Armenia in which 12 chess-players took part has finished. Gaining 7.5 points from 11 possible Ashot Anastasyan became Champion of Armenia for the 8th time lacking behind Henrik Gasparyan who has won the title for 10 times. {BR} Ashot Anastasyan won the title for the first time in 0983, after which added his champion titles regularly. In the finished championship Karen...

In the weight-lifting European Championship which finished in Bulgaria the Armenian weight-lifters won two bronze medals. The first was Arsen Meliqyan from the 84kg group. In the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games he had one a bronze after which he had no significant results. {BR} The same can be said about Ashot Danielyan who took the 3rd place in the super-heavy group. Danielyan has been Champion of Europe twice.

In the FIFA World list the Armenian National team continues in the 120th place. After the announcement of the previous list our national team have played in 3 games. They have lost the first two, whereas in the third they have beaten Andorra 2:1. {BR} Macedonia with which our team will play next have lost 2 steps and are in the 96th place. As always, the list is topped by Brazil, and Czech Republic...

During the following UEFA Congress the Executive Committee has decided upon the new order of organizong the Euro-2008 according to which in the preliminary phase the teams will be divided into 7 groups the first two places of which will automatically pass on to the final pahse. The organisers – Austria and Sqitzerland will joint this 14 teams. The preliminary phase in which Armenia will also participate...

In Sofia the weight-lifting European Championship has started. The Armenian sportsmen also take part in it. Arsen Tamrazyan from the 56kg group showed the result of 250kg and took the 4th place. {BR} Ara Khachatryan from the 77kg group, Arsen Meliqyan and Tigran Martirosyan from the 85kg group, Jora Sargsyan from the 94kg group, Arthur Babayan from the 105kg group, as well as Ashot Danielyan from...

Edgar Manoucharyan, the 18-year-old player of the Armenian National Team and «Pyunik» of Yerevan, has officially signed a 3-year contract with «Ajax» from Amsterdam. Manoucharyan became the first Armenian player to have ever signed a contract with such a remarkable club. «Ajax» is the most titled team of the Netherlands and has been very successful in the European competitions. {BR} Edgar had arrived in Amsterdam in 2004 December but he had...

In the European Championship of Greco-Roman wrestling in Varna the Armenian wrestlers had good results. Movses Karapetyan, in the 74 kg group, beat the representative of Azerbaijan in the first phase, then beat the representatives of Israel, Sweden, Germany, and reached the final. Here he beat Velin Malinov representing Bulgaria and became champion of Europe. {BR} In the 55 kg group Roman Amoyan,...

In today’s conference Armen Minasyan, the executive director of the Armenian Football Federation, represented a financial report. Minasyan mentioned that the federation spends large sums especially on the journeys of the National Team. Rouben Sinoyan, member of the Executive committee, offered to but an airplane and to pay the money within 4-5 years. {BR} Rouben Hayrapetyan, answering this offer...

The chess international tournament in Dubai was finished. In the last round Ashot Anastasyan played a draw with Viorel Jordanesku and gaining 6.5 points together with 10 other players took the 2nd place. But with the supplementary indices he was given the 8th place. {BR} Gabriel Sargsyan and Artashes Minasyan having 5.5 points each took the 38th and 40th places respectively. And Elina Danielyan gaining...

The leaders of the International Chess Tournament including Ashot Anastasyan were defeated in the 8-th tour and the fight for the 1-st place became more tensed. Ashot Anastasyan with 6 points shares the 1-st horizontal with 8 other chess players. However, according to additional index he is only the 3-rd. {BR} In the 8-th tour Artashes Minasyan won a victory over Elina Danielyan while Gabriel Sargsyan...

In the international chess competition in Dubai Grossmeister Ashot Anastasyan is playing quite successfully. In the 6th round playing with black draughts he beat Alexey Alexandrov and shares the 1st place with 5 other players with 5.5 points. Anastasyan has won 5 games and played one draw. {BR} Gabriel Sargsyan too is playing well. He won the game of the 6th round and has now 5 points. Artashes Minasyan...

The best chess-player of the world was decided for the 10th time. Every year he gets the special chess Oscar. The best chess-player of 2004 has been recognized Vishvanatan Anand who wins the title for the 4th time. Garry Kasparov is only the 2nd. {BR} As a result of the survey of 445 experts from 75 countries Anand won about 1500 points more than Kasparov. Kasparov who has recently finished his career...

The Armenian football team of journalists will leave for Odessa to take part in the Football International mini Competition. It will be devoted to the Victory in the Great Patriotic War and will be held on April 10-13. Other National Teams of the CIS countries will take part in the competition which was organized by the Odessa Sport Journalists Union. {BR}

The Armenian Champion and cup-winner “Pyunik” disqualified from the Armenian Cup 2005. In the second match against “Kilikia” no goals were scored, and as far as “Kilikia” had won the previous game 1:0, they will continue to play. {BR} The failure of “Pyunik” testifies to the fact that the team has serious personnel problems, and with these players it cannot pass the barrier of the first phase of the Champions League. It is difficult...