“CIS CHAMPIONS CUP” STARTING SOON
On January 17 games of the Champions’ Cup of CIS will start in Moscow. It is officially called “CIS Champions Cup”. 16 teams are divided into 4 groups. The clubs winning the 1st and 2nd places will reach the quarter of the final. Yerevan’s “Pyunik” will represent Armenia for the third year. It was the champion of Armenia of 2003’ football games. {BR} The...
THE GREEKS TRIED TO BRIBE THE GAME
Armenia-Greece football meeting of the 6th tour of “Euro-2004” took place. The Greeks won that game thanks to the goal by Vrizas, scored at the 34th minute of the game. Unexpected facts over the football meeting were revealed at the press conference held later. After Otto Rehagel, the trainer of the Greeks had left the press conference, the journalists were told that Ruben Hayrapetyan, Chair...
PAN-ARMENIAN GAMES APPROACHING
The Third Pan-Armenian Games are to be held from 16 to 24 August in Armenia. Teams and sports of the games were determined today. Armenian Sport Committee Chair Ishkhan Zakaryan said Pan-Armenian Games was an important idea focused on strengthening ties with Armenian community abroad. In his opinion, previous games are accomplished despite some shortcomings, which were scrutinised and rooted out later.
ARMENIAN FOOTBALL TEAM WINS GAME
A match between Northern Ireland and Armenia football teams completed a while ago. Armenian team has won the game. The score was 1- 0.
CORDIAL MEETING BETWEEN TWO FELLOW-PARTISANS HELD MONDAY
Armenian Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Roland Sharoyan received Monday his Lebanese counterpart Sepuh Hovnanyan. Two-year-long cooperation program between the two countries has been discussed at the meeting. The program stipulates the organisation of joint sport events. Roland Sharoyan awarded the Ministry’s gold medal to Sepuh Hovnanyan. It is remarkable that both ministers are the Dashnaktsutyun party fellow-members.
"PYUNIK" WINS!
Today Armenian"Pyunik" football team won Finnish "Tampere" with 2:0 score. This was the second meeting of two teams - in Finland "Pyunik" won "Tampere" 4:0. This way "Pyunik" got his "ticket" to the second lap of Champions League. On the 31-t of July "Pyunik" will meet "Dinamo" (Kiev) in Ukraine.
YEREVAN NARDS COMPETITION AT “YEREVAN” CLUB
At “Yerevan” nards club the competition of “Backgammon” is held. "Backgammon" is the international type of nards play. 36 inhabitants of Yerevan are taking participation in Yerevan competition which is being held first time.
ISHKHAN ZAKARYAN:"THE RESULTS OF ARMENIAN SPORTSMEN WERE NOT UNPREDICTABLE".
The head of Armenian delegation in Olimpic Games Ishkhan Zakaryan, returned from Salt Lake City frustrated. The reason turned out to be the negative articles about the delegation members and finance, which appeared in mass media.Ishkhan Zakaryan states that 9 sportsmen have been included in 15-member delegation, 23 mln 113 000 Armenian drams had been given for the visit by the International Olimpic...
THE NARDS' COMPETITION IN THE "YEREVAN" CLUB
The nards' "Backgamon" international play manner competition will take place in the "Yerevan" newly-established nards' club from 2 to 6 of March. The background of this play manner is the nards' usual play style called "short". The "Yerevan" nards' club is open every day and is already registered in the World Federation. The club members were invited to take part in the European championship in...
ARMENIAN SPORTSMEN WILL TAKE PART IN PARAOLYMPIC GAMES
Six invalid sportsmen from Armenia are going to leave for Salt Lake City to take part in the Winter ParaOlympic Games. ParaOlympic Games are games for invalids and are carried out at the same place just after the Olympic Games are over.The sportsmen are from the ''Pyunik'' invalids' union mountain-skiers' team. They will carry out preolympic coaching for 10 days in Utah [USA].The team members were...
SPORTSMEN OF "PIUNIK" IN THE PARLIAMENT
On 21 of February the RA Parliament speaker Armen Khachatryan received Armenian sportsmen of Union of invalids "Pyunic". The sportsmen are going to take part in the Winter ParaOlympic Games to be held from 6 to 17 of March, in Salt Lake City[Utah, USA]. It was noted that 6 sportsmen from Armenia are to take part in the games in mounteen-skiers' competition.
ONLY TWO CHESS SCHOOLS FUNCTION IN YEREVAN
Only two of many chess schools are functioning in Yerevan. 307 school children study there. Last year the State chess school children took part in World Competition among the young but won no prises because of the lack of required computer science. Sometimes armenian young chess players even do not take part in competitions at all because of absence of financing. The State chess-school even was repaired by private means of school trainers.