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VARDAN KHOJAYAN RECOGNIZED AS WINNER OF "MOSCOW OPEN" "B"
GROUP TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2008-02-12 11:55:00

MOSCOW, FEBRUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 10 the "Moscow Open" International Tournament finished in the capital of Russia and about 1200 chess players took part.

AVETIK GRIGORIAN, SIRANUSH ANDRIASIAN AND LILIT GALOYAN
BECOME PRIZE WINNERS IN INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT OF IRAN
  • Sport
  • 2008-02-12 11:35:00

URMIA, FEBRUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. The traditional Fajr International Chess Tournament was held in the city of Urmia of Iran between February 3-10. In the struggle

ROMAN AMOYAN WINNER IN IRAN INTERNATIONAL TRADITIONAL
TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2008-02-11 19:20:00

TEHRAN, FEBRUARY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. Greco-Roman Wrestling International Traditional Tournament was held in Iran. Roman Amoyan (55 kg, Yerevan) took the first place among 14 participants of

ARMENIAN FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM FINDS SATISFACTION IN
SECOND PLACE IN MALTA INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2008-02-08 13:55:00

LA VALLETTA, FEBRUARY 8, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 6 the International Football Tournament finished in Malta. In the last game the Armenian national team was defeated

ARMENIAN FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM CELEBRATES SECOND VICTORY
IN MALTA INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2008-02-05 13:15:00

LA VALLETTA, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 4 the Armenian National Football Team beat the national team of Belarus with the score of 2:1 in

NATIONAL TEAM FORMED BY RESULTS OF FREE-STYLE WRESTLING
REPUBLICAN CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Sport
  • 2008-02-04 19:10:00

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 4, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian Free-Style Wrestling Championship was held on February 1-3 in the Askkhatank playground in Yerevan. 90 representatives of different regions participated

AT START OF INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT HELD IN MALTA
ARMENIAN NATIONAL TEAM BEATS LOCAL TEAM WITH SCORE OF 1 TO 0
  • Sport
  • 2008-02-04 19:00:00

LA VALETTA, FEBRUARY 4, NOYAN TAPAN. An International Football Tournament with the participation of four teams started on February 4 in Malta. At the start of

5 ARMENIAN PLAYERS TO PARTICIPATE IN "MOSCOW OPEN"
INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2008-02-02 16:00:00

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. "Moscow Open" international chess tournament will be held in Moscow for the second consecutive year on February 2-10. Armenian chess players Vladimir

ARMENIAN FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM TO TAKE PART IN MALTA
INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-31 15:50:00

YEREVAN, JANUARY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian football national team left for Malta on January 31. An international tournament will be held there on February 2-6.

IN GIBRALTAR INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT TIGRAN L.
PETROSIAN AND VARUZHAN HAKOBIAN GAIN 6 OUT OF 9 POSSIBLE POINTS
EACH
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-31 15:45:00

GIBRALTAR, JANUARY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. In the International Chess Tournament being held in Gibraltar Tigran L. Petrosian and American-based Varuzhan Hakobian gained six out of nine

ARMENIAN NATIONAL TEAM TO RECEIVE TURKEY'S TEAM AT START OF
GROUP TOURNAMENT OF FOOTBALL WORLD 2010 CHAMPIONSHIP'S
ELIMINATION TOUR
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-31 15:45:00

YEREVAN, JANUARY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. The drawing of lots of the 5th group of Football World 2010 Championship's elimination tour took place on January 30 in

JUDOIST FROM GYUMRI, HOVHANNES DAVTIAN RECEIVES PERMIT TO
TAKE PART IN BEIJING 2008
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-28 17:55:00

SOFIA, JANUARY 28, NOYAN TAPAN. Women's and Men's International Judo Rating Tournaments took place on January 25-27 in Sofia and Tbilisi. In Sofia Anush Hakobian (52

GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING ARMENIAN CHAMPIONSHIP HELD IN YEREVAN
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-28 17:55:00

YEREVAN, JANUARY 28, NOYAN TAPAN. The Greco-Roman Wrestling Armenian Championship was held in Yerevan. Roman Amoyan (55 kg), Artak Haroutiunian (66 kg), Edgar Babayan (74 kg),

LEVON ARONIAN RECOGNIZED WINNER IN WIJK AAN ZEE
INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT FOR SECOND YEAR RUNNING
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-28 17:50:00

WIJK AAN ZEE, JANUARY 28, NOYAN TAPAN. The International Chess Tournament under the title "Korus" finished on January 27 in Wijk aan Zee. In the main

LEVON ARONIAN TAKES 2nd PLACE WITH 6 POINTS IN WIJK AAN ZEE
INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-24 18:35:00

WIJK AAN ZEE, JANUARY 24, NOYAN TAPAN. On January 23, in the 10th tour of the International Chess Tournament being held in the city of Wijk

TIGRAN L. PETROSIAN AND VARUZHAN HAKOBIAN GAIN VICTORIES IN
FIRST TWO TOURS IN GIBRALTAR INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-24 18:35:00

GIBRALTAR, JANUARY 24, NOYAN TAPAN. A big International Chess Tournament started on January 22 in Gibraltar. Tigran L. Petrosian and American-based Varuzhan Hakobian take part in

ARMENIAN NATIONAL TEAM OF HOCKEY PLAYERS AGED 20 AND BELOW
DEFEATS AUSTRALIAN TEAM IN 5th TOUR OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-24 18:35:00

BELGRADE, JANUARY 24, NOYAN TAPAN. The group tournament of World Championship of hockey players aged 20 and below is going on in Belgrade. The Armenian national

REPAIRS START IN VAZGEN SARGSIAN REPUBLICAN STADIUM
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-23 19:25:00

YEREVAN, JANUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. Partial repairs have started in Vazgen Sargsian Republican stadium from January 20. It is envisaged to make changes in its service

ARMENIAN FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM TO TAKE PART IN MALTA
INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-23 19:25:00

YEREVAN, JANUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. International Football Tournament with participation of national teams of Malta, Belarus, Iceland, and Armenia will be held on February 2-6 in

ANASTASIA GREBYONKINA - VAZGEN AZROYAN DANCE PAIR DOES NOT
QUALIFY IN EUROPE CHAMPIONSHIP DUE TO INJURE
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-23 19:20:00

ZAGREB, JANUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. Europe Figure Skating Championship started on January 21 in the Croatian city of Zagreb. 21 pairs are to take part in

ARMENIAN NATIONAL TEAM OF HOCKEY PLAYERS AGED 20 AND BELOW
DEFEATED IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR SECOND TIME
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-23 19:20:00

BELGRADE, JANUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian national team competed with the national team of Serbia in the 4th tour of World Championship of Hockey Players

YEREVAN'S BANANTS DEPRIVED OF RIGHT TO CONTINUE COMPETING
IN COMMONWEALTH CUP TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-23 19:15:00

SAINT PETERSBURG, JANUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. Group tournaments finished on January 22 in the Commonwealth Cup tournament in Saint Petersburg. Yerevan's Banants was defeated by Kiev's Dinamo

TWO CHESS PLAYERS IN LEAD IN MAIN TOURNAMENT OF WIJK AAN
ZEE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-23 19:15:00

WIJK AAN ZEE, JANUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The International Chess Festival is going on in the city of Wijk aan Zee, Holland. The games of the

KAREN ASRIAN AN LILIT GALOYAN BECOME CHESS CHAMPIONS OF
ARMENIA
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-22 19:50:00

YEREVAN, JANUARY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian men's and women's higher league chess championships finished on January 21 at Tigran Petrosian Chess House. In the men's

ARMENIAN NATIONAL TEAM DEFEATED BY NEW ZEALAND'S NATIONAL
TEAM IN 3rd TOUR OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF HOCKEY PLAYERS AGED
20 AND BELOW
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-21 19:45:00

BELGRADE, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian national deam was defeated by New Zealand's national team in the 3rd tour of 3rd-group tournament of World Championship

YEREVAN'S BANANTS HAS A DRAW AND A DEFEAT IN COMMONWEALTH
CUP TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-21 19:45:00

SAINT PETERSBURG, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. A regular tournament of CIS and Baltic Countries' Football Champions' Cup started in Saint Petersburg. In the start of the

LEVON ARONIAN IN LEADERS' GROUP WITH 5 POINTS IN WIJK AAN
ZEE INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-21 19:40:00

WIJK AAN ZEE, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. In the 7th tour of the International Chess Tournament being held in the city of Wijk aan Zee, Holland,

ARMENIAN MEN AND WOMEN CHESS CHAMPIONS TO BECOME KNOWN ON
JANUARY 21
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-21 13:52:00

YEREVAN, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The games of the last tour are fixed for January 21 in the Armenian Men's and Women's Chess Championships being held

ARMENIAN NATIONAL HOCKEY TEAM BEGINS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF
HOCKEY PLAYERS AGED 20 AND BELOW WITH VICTORIES
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-18 18:40:00

BELGRAD, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The World Championship of hockey players aged 20 and below has started in the capital city of Serbia, Belgrade. The national

THREE PARTICIPANTS IN LEAD AFTER 5 TOURS IN WIJK AAN ZEE
INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-18 18:35:00

WIJK AAN ZEE, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The games of the 5th tour of the International Chess Festival, which is being held in the city of

ANASTASIA GREBYONKINA-VAZGEN AZROYAN PAIR TO REPRESENT
ARMENIA IN EUROPE FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-18 17:40:00

YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. On January 19, Europe Figure Skating Championship will start in the city of Zagreb, Croatia. The dancing pair Anastacia Grebyonkina -

"ARARAT" WITH ITS SERBIAN COACH TO LEAVE FOR CROATIA FOR
TRAINING
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-18 17:00:00

YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The football team "Ararat" (Yerevan) will leave for the Croatian city of Medulin on January 19 for one-month training to be

SAMVEL DILOYAN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF TABLE TENNIS FEDERATION
OF ARMENIA
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-18 17:00:00

YEREVAn, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The reporting and election conference of the Table Tennis Federation of Armenia was held at Yerevan's Congress Hotel on January 16.

TIGRAN L. PETROSIAN AND SIRANUSH ANDRIASIAN CONTINUE TO TOP
POINTS TABLES AT ARMENIA'S HIGHEST GROUP CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-18 12:00:00

YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. Games of the 8th round of Men's Highest Group Championship of Armenia took place on January 16. Karen Asrian beat Tigran

ARMENIAN FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM RISES TO 85th PLACE ON FIFA
CLASSIFICATION LIST
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-16 18:45:00

YEREVAN, JANUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. On January 16, FIFA published the new list of classification of football national teams. The national teams of Argentina, Brazil, and

SIRANUSH ANDRIASIAN REMAINS AT TOP OF TOURNAMENT TABLE OF
ARMENIAN WOMEN'S CHESS HIGHEST LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-16 18:45:00

YEREVAN, JANUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The games of the 3rd tour of the Armenian Women's Chess Highest League Championship took place on January 15 at Tigran

WIJK AAN ZEE TOURNAMENT LEADERS LEVON ARONIAN AND MAGNUS
KARLSEN DRAW GAME IN 4th TOUR
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-16 18:45:00

WIJK AAN ZEE, JANUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The two leaders, Levon Aronian and Magnus Karlsen (Norway) competed on January 15, in the 4th tour of the

ARMENIAN WOMEN'S AND MEN'S WEIGHTLIFTING NATIONAL TEAMS
PREPARE FOR EUROPE CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-15 19:25:00

YEREVAN, JANUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian weightlifting women's national team is holding a teaching and training gathering between January 15 to February 2 at Tsakhkadzor's

TIGRAN L. PETROSIAN AND SIRANUSH ANDRIASIAN LEADERS IN
ARMENIAN MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-15 19:20:00

YEREVAN, JANUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. In the 7th tour of Chess Men's Championship being held in Tigran Petrosian Chess House, Tigran L. Petrosian defeated Tigran

LEVON ARONIAN DRAWS GAME IN 3rd TOUR OF WIJK AAN ZEE
INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-15 19:15:00

WIJK AAN ZEE, JANUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The games of the third tour were held in the International Chess Festival in the city of Wijk aan

LEVON ARONIAN GAINS VICTORIES IN FIRST TWO TOURS OF WIJK
AAN ZEE TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-14 17:00:00

WIJK AAN ZEE, JANUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. An International Chess Festival under the title Korus started for the 70th time on January 12 in the city

ARMENIAN PRESIDENT'S PRIZES PRESENTED TO BEST SPORT
COMMUNITIES AND YARDS
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-12 14:00:00

YEREVAN, JANUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. The ceremony of giving the Armenian president Robert Kocharian's prizes to the best sport communities and yards took place at the

10 CHESS PLAYERS TO PARTICIPATE IN WOMEN'S HIGHEST GROUP
TOURNAMENT OF ARMENIA
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-11 21:00:00

YEREVAN, JANUARY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. Women's Highest Group Championship of Armenia will start at Tigran Petrosian Chess House on January 13. 10 players, except leading chess

"MIKA" BEGINS TWO-WEEK TRAINING IN TSAKHKADZOR
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-11 21:00:00

TSAKHKADZOR, JANUARY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. "Mika" football team, the bronze medalist of the 2007 Football Championship of Armenia, has started two-week training in Tsakhkadzor. The chief coach

TIGRAN L. PETROSIAN TOPS POINTS TABLE WITH 2 POINTS AFTER
SECOND ROUND OF MEN'S CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP OF ARMENIA
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-11 21:00:00

YEREVAN, JANUARY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. In the 2nd round of the Highest Group Tournament of Men's Championship of Armenia held at Tigran Petrosian Chess House: Karen

RA BOXING NATIONAL TEAM HOLDS JOINT TEACHING AND TRAINING
GATHERING WITH IRANIAN TEAM IN TEHRAN
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-10 17:30:00

YEREVAN, JANUARY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian boxing national team holds a joint teaching and training gathering with the Iranian team from January 5 in Tehran.

ARMENIAN JUDO NATIONAL TEAM HOLDS TEACHING AND TRAINING
GATHERING IN TOWN OF ABOVIAN
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-10 16:35:00

YEREVAN, JANUARY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian judo national team holds a teaching and training gathering on January 10-24 in the town of Abovian. 22 sportsmen

3 ARMENIAN JUDOISTS TO TAKE PART IN EUROPE CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Sport
  • 2008-01-09 19:25:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The Europe Judo Championship will start on April 10 in the capital city of Portugal, Lisbon. Hovhannes Davtian (60 kg), Armen

RA MINISTER OF SPORT AND YOUTH AFFAIRS GIVES POSITIVE MARK
TO RESULTS OF 2007 TOURNAMENT SEASON
  • Sport
  • 2007-12-26 14:10:00

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The results of the passing tournament season, which were given a positive mark by Armen Grigorian, the RA MInister of Sport

LILIT MKRTCHIAN TAKES SECOND PLACE IN ELIZAVETA BYKOYA
MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2007-12-24 18:10:00

MOSCOW, DECEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. Elizaveta Bykova Memorial Tournament was held on December 13-23 in Moscow. Ten chess players took part in it. Natalya Zdebskaya (Ukraine)