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ARMENIAN YOUTH JUDO TEAM TO TAKE PART IN INTERNATIONAL
TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD IN ORENBURG
  • Sport
  • 2006-12-06 17:14:00

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian youth team of judo wrestling will leave for the city of Orenburg, RF, on December 7. 9 members of the team headed by senior

ONLY ARSHAK HAYRAPETIAN STANDS ON PEDESTAL OF HONOUR OF
ROSTOV TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2006-12-06 17:13:00

ROSTOV-ON-DON, DECEMBER 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The free-style wrestling international tournament finished on December 5 in Rostov-on-Don. Armenian sportsmen are also among representatives of 5 countries. Only Arshak Hayrapetian (66 kg, Yerevan) stood on

SARATOV TOURNAMENT IS OF PREPARATORY CHARACTER FOR GABRIEL
SARGSIAN
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  • 2006-12-06 16:56:00

SARATOV, DECEMBER 6, NOYAN TAPAN. International tournament in the memory of famous chess figure Aratovski finished in the city of Saratov, RF, on December 6. More than 2 dozens among 148 participants

THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL STUDIES ORGANIZED FOR ARMENIAN
TRAINERS UNDER PATRONAGE OF INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
  • Sport
  • 2006-12-05 15:35:00

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Technical and traner's courses will be held in Yerevan on December 5-11, on the initiative of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia, within the framework of the

EDVARD ARISTAKESIAN'S FIRST INTERNATIONAL MEMORY TOURNAMENT
TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN
  • Sport
  • 2006-12-05 15:22:00

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. An international boxing tournament will be held in the Dinamo training ground of Yerevan on December 7-11. It is dedicated to the memory of Edvard Aristakesian, the

ARMEN SHAHGELDIAN RECOGNIZED BEST FOOTBALL-PLAYER OF 2006
  • Sport
  • 2006-12-04 20:10:00

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the results of the survey conducted by the Armenian Football Federation Press Secretariate, Armen Shahgeldian, a member of Yerevan's Mika team (191 points) was recognized

CONFERENCE OF REPUBLICAN CHESS FEDERATION TAKES PLACE ON
DECEMBER 2
  • Sport
  • 2006-12-04 16:30:00

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. The current electoral conference of the Republican Chess Federation was to take place on December 2 at the Chess Player's Central House. Numerous issues relating to the

CONSULTATION CONCERNING ISSUES OF MEDICAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL
SERVICE OF HIGH-CLASS SPORTSMEN HELD IN YEREVAN
  • Sport
  • 2006-12-04 16:24:00

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. On the initiative of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia (NOCA), a consultation on the theme "Problems of Medical-Psychological Service of High-Class Sporstmen" was held in Yerevan

BEST SPORTSMEN OF ARMENIA OF TOURNAMENT BEING HELD TO
BECOME KNOWN TILL DECEMBER 20
  • Sport
  • 2006-12-04 16:10:00

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. Issues of deciding the best 10 sportsmen, teams and legions of the tournament being held were put on the agenda of the December 1 sitting of

ALBERT AZARIAN: ARMENIAN GYMNASTS CAN WON OLYMPIC PASSES IN
CASE OF DECENT FINANCING OF THIS TYPE OF SPORT
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-29 13:35:00

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 29, NOYAN TAPAN. Olympic champion Mikhail Voronin's prizes tournament will be held in Moscow on December 13-16. As Albert Azarian, the Chairman of the Gymnastics Federation of Armenia, thrice champion

ARMENIAN STATE SPORTS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN ISHKHAN ZAKARIAN
SHOWS HOSPITALITY TO AMBASSADOR OF CUBA JORGE MARTINEZ
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-28 14:05:00

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. Ishkhan Zakarian, the Chairman of the State Committee on Physical Education and Sports showed hospitality on November 27 to Jorge Martinez, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of

ARMENIAN FREE-STYLE WRESTLERS TO TAKE PART IN COMMERCIAL
TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-27 19:55:00

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 27, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian free-style wrestling national team is leaving for Krasnodar on November 29 to take part in the International Commercial Tournament. The winner will receive 2500 USD

7 ARMENIAN WRESTLERS WIN PRIZES AT MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT IN
FRANCE
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  • 2006-11-27 19:50:00

NICE, NOVEMBER 27, NOYAN TAPAN. Traditional International Memorial Tournament of olympic champion Henry Duglan finished on November 26 in the city of Nice, France. Among Armenian sportsmen, Greco-Roman wrestlers Arsen Julfalakian (74

WOMEN'S FOOTBALL TEAM OF ARMENIA IS OUT OF FUTURE STRUGGLE
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  • 2006-11-24 14:43:00

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. The 2nd group tournament of the qualification stage of the 2009 Europe women's football championship finished in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina on November 23.

ONLY ACTING CHAIRMAN RUBEN HAYRAPETIAN NOMINATED AS
CANDIDATE FOR FFA CHAIRMAN
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-24 14:41:00

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. The electoral conference under review of the Football Federation of Armenia will start at the Yerevan Ani hotel on November 25. The last issue of the agenda

ARMENIAN WRESTLERS TO PARTICIPATE IN COMPETITION IN MEMORY
OF OLYMPIC CHAMPION
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-23 20:00:00

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. Five free-style wrestlers and five Greco-Roman ones from Armenia on November 23 left for the French city of Nice. They will participate in the traditional international competition

COMPETITION IN MEMORY OF FIRST ARMENIAN OLYMPIC CHAMPION
HRANT SHAHINIAN FINISHES
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-23 19:20:00

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The competition in memory of the first Armenian Olympic champion gymnast Hrant Shahinian finished in Yerevan on November 23. Lilit Berdian and Vahan Vardanian won the all-round

NEW SKATING-RINK TO BE PUT INTO OPERATION IN YEREVAN IN NEW
COMPETITION SEASON
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-23 16:30:00

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The Europe championship of figure skating will be held in Warsaw, the capital of Poland on January 18-28 of 2007. As the Noyan Tapan correspondent was informed

ARMENIAN HANDBALL NATIONAL TEAM'S UNOFFICIAL MATCHES WITH
BERDZOR TEAMS HELD IN ARTSAKH ON INITIATIVE OF ARMENIAN HANDBALL
FEDERATION
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-22 18:20:00

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 22, NOYAN TAPAN. On November 18-20, the Armenian handball national team held unofficial matches with the handball teams of town of Berdzor, Kashatagh region of Artsakh. The competition tour was

HRANT SHAHINIAN'S MEMORY TOURNAMENT STARTS IN RE-OPENED
SPORTS SCHOOL
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-22 16:45:00

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 22, NOYAN TAPAN. The professional sports school after Hrant Ghahinian, the first Armenian champion of Olympic Games, again opened its doors in front of sportsmen on November 21, after its

HRANT SHAHINIAN'S MEMORY TOURNAMENT STARTS IN RE-OPENED
SPORTS SCHOOL
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-22 16:45:00

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 22, NOYAN TAPAN. The professional sports school after Hrant Ghahinian, the first Armenian champion of Olympic Games, again opened its doors in front of sportsmen on November 21, after its

WOMEN FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF ARMENIA HAVE 1 DRAW AND 1 LOSS IN
THEIR ACTIVE
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-21 13:51:00

SARAJEVO, NOVEMBER 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The team of Armenia lost on November 20, in capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo, the meeting with the team of Israel with a score of 0:1

WOMEN FOOTBALL TEAM OF ARMENIA INVOLVED IN 2nd GROUP
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-20 16:50:00

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 20, NOYAN TAPAN. The 2nd group tournament of the qualification stage of the 2009 Europe football championship of women will start in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina on

LEVON ARONIAN, BORIS GELFAND AND PETER LEKO SHARE 1st-3rd
PLACES IN CHESS INTERNATIONAL MOSCOW MEMORY TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-20 16:30:00

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 20, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The chess international traditional tournament to memory of former world champion Mikhail Tal finished on November 16 in Moscow. Levon Aronian, the last, 9th

FOOTBALL MATCH DEDICATED TO HOVHANNES ZANAZANIAN'S 60th
BIRTH ANNIVERSARY HELD IN YEREVAN
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-15 19:40:00

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN. An unofficial match among Ararat 73, Banants teams and Russian veteran football players was held on November 15 on the playground of Yerevan's Banants football club. The

LEVON ARONIAN IS IN LEADING THREE WITH 4.5 POINTS
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-15 16:14:00

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The 7th stage meetings took place on November 14 at the chess international supertournament dedicated to the memory of Mikhayil Tal which is continued in Moscow with

FOUR OUT OF ARMENIAN DELEGATES BECOME PRIZE-WINNERS
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-15 14:44:00

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN. Ushu Europe Championship was held on November 6-11 in the Italian city of Venice. Two out of Armenian delegates, Haroutiun Simonian (70 kg, Yerevan), Arman Grigorian (56

DELEGATION OF BASKETBALL EUROPEAN FEDERATION PAYS TWO-DAY
VISIT TO ARMENIA
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-15 14:42:00

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN. Georgios Vasilakos (Greece), the Chairman of the Basketball European Federation, and Executive Director Kosta Ileyev (Bulgaria) arrived in Yerevan on November 14 on a two-day visit, at

RAZMIK GOLETSIAN'S 6th INTERNATIONAL MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
HELD
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-13 15:47:00

ARTASHAT, NOVEMBER 13, NOYAN TAPAN. Traditional international youth memorial tournament of honored coach Razmik Goletsian finished on November 12 in the town of Artashat. 12 out of 115 participants were representatives of

RETURN MEETING OF NATIONAL TEAMS OF ARMENIA AND FINLAND TO
TAKE PLACE ON NOVEMBER 15
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-13 15:46:00

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The national football team of Armenia left Yerevan for Helsinki on November 13. The Armenian football players will hold by the "Euro-2008" elective stage group tournament program

LEVON ARONIAN AMONG LEADING THREE CHESS-PLAYERS AT
INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-13 15:44:00

MOSCOW, NOVEMBER 13, NOYAN TAPAN. On November 12, Levon Aronian defeated 16-year-old Magnus Karlsen (Norway), "rising star" in world chess, in the 6th tour of Mikhail Tal memorial tournament being held in

ARMENIAN FOOTBALL HIGHEST LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP FINISHES
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-09 19:05:00

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian Football Highest League Championship finished on November 9. The following results were registered in the last, 28th tour: Shirak - Pyunik

REST DAY ANNOUNCED ON NOVEMBER 9 IN MOSCOW SUPERTOURNAMENT:
THE PREVIOUS DAY LEVON ARONIAN DEFEATED BY PYOTR SVIDLER
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-09 15:35:00

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. On November 8, representative of Armenia Levon Aronian was defeated by Pyotr Svidler (RF) in the international chess supertournament dedicated to Mikhail Tal's memory, being held in

LEVON ARONIAN IS AMONG LEADERS WITH 1.5 POINTS
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-08 17:23:00

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN. The 2nd stage meetings were held on November 7 in Moscow at the chess international tournament dedicated to the memory of Mikhail Tal. Leading grand master of

LEVON ARONIAN GAINS VICTORY IN FIRST TOUR
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-07 19:00:00

MOSCOW, NOVEMBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The highest, 20-class international chess tournament dedicated to the memory of former world champion Mikhail Tal started on November 6 in Moscow. Ten participants of the tournament

BANANTS AND MIKA COMPETE FOR 2nd AND 3rd PLACES OF FOOTBALL
CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-07 18:55:00

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN. Games of the last, 28th tour of football highest league championship will be held on November 9. Shirak - Pyunik, Ararat - Mika, Ulis - Banants

LEVON ARONIAN TO PARTICIPATE IN MOSCOW IN BIG INTERNATIONAL
TOURNAMENT OF CHESS
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-07 16:45:00

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The 10th class international chess tournament will start in Moscow on November 6. It will be dedicated to the memory of former world champion Mikhail Tal.

ONLY LAERT AVAGIAN AMONG ARMENIAN SAMBISTS RETURNS WITH
MEDAL
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-07 16:25:00

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian sambo national team returned to the homeland on November 7 from world championship held in Sofia. Army sportsman Laert Avagian (82 kg, Vanadzor) took 3rd place

ARMENIAN TEAM LOSES RIGHT OF CONTINUIGN STRUGGLE
  • Sport
  • 2006-11-02 17:23:00

LARNACA, NOVEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian team competed on November 1 with representatives of Hungary by the group tournament program of the elective stage of the Europe championship of below 19

"CUP OF ZEYTUN" INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT DEDICATED TO 15th
ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE OF ARMENIA
  • Sport
  • 2006-10-31 13:35:00

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 31, NOYAN TAPAN. The "Cup of Zeytun" 10th traditional international tournament of judo wrestling which was dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the RA independence was held in Yerevan on

PYUNIK PREMATURELY WINS TITLE OF CHAMPION OF ARMENIA
  • Sport
  • 2006-10-30 15:12:00

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. Meetings of the 27th stage of the football highest group championship of Armenia are appointed on November 4. But, the name of the country's champion is already

12 YEAR OLD CHESS PLAYER ROBERT AGHASARIAN WINS TITLE OF
WORLD CHAMPION
  • Sport
  • 2006-10-30 15:10:00

BATUMI, OCTOBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. The world juvenile championship of chess (6 age groups) finished in Batumi on October 28. 12-year old Robert Aghasarian (Yerevan) got 9 points from 11 possible ones

TEAM OF ARMENIA HAS ONE LOSS AND ONE VICTORY IN CYPRUS
  • Sport
  • 2006-10-30 15:09:00

LARNACA, OCTOBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. Below 19 football players' team of Armenia will compete on November 1 with the team of Hungary by the tournament program of the 7th tournament of the

11th INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT AFTER STEPAN SARGSIAN HELD IN
YEREVAN
  • Sport
  • 2006-10-30 15:06:00

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. Traditional tournament of prizes after silver medal winner of Olympic Games, thrice cup winner of Europe Stepan Sargsian were held in Yerevan on October 28-29. 90 free

INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCES OF ARMENIAN RIFLEMEN HIGHLY
ESTIMATED
  • Sport
  • 2006-10-26 19:30:00

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. On October 26, Seyran Nikoghosian, principal coach of Armenian national team of bullet shooting, presented report at the Armenian State Sport Committee. Highly estimating the international performances

FIRST RIVAL OF BELOW 19 FOOTBALL TEAM OF ARMENIA IS
AZERBAIJANI TEAM
  • Sport
  • 2006-10-26 16:27:00

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The 7th group tournament of the qualification stage of the regular Europe championship of below 19 years old foootball players will start in the city of Larnaca,

ARMENIA, MAYBE, NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN 2007 WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP OF WRESTLING TO BE HELD IN BAKU
  • Sport
  • 2006-10-25 15:45:00

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. Trainers of the juvenile, youth and national teams of free-style wrestling presented reports on October 24 at the RA Sports State Committee. Armenian wretslers' competitions-performances were given

7th MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT OF HERO OF ARTSAKH LIBERATION
STRUGGLE, USSR SPORT MASTER VAHAN ZATIKIAN HELD IN YEREVAN
  • Sport
  • 2006-10-23 16:45:00

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. 114 Armenian and 13 Georgian free-style wrestlers took part in 7th youth memorial tournament of Vahan Zatikian held on October 21-22 in Yerevan. In all of 8

YEREVAN "NZHDEH" TEAM CHAMPION OF ARMENIAN LADIES
VOLLEY-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Sport
  • 2006-10-23 16:45:00

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The final tour of Armenian Ladies Volley-Ball Championship ended on October 22 in Yerevan. In the game determining the champion the "Nzhdeh" team of Yerevan State Medical

BELOW 19 NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM OF ARMENIA LEAVES FOR
CYPRUS ON OCTOBER 21
  • Sport
  • 2006-10-23 14:10:00

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The below 19 years old national football team of Armenia headed by coach Armen Gyulbudaghian, left for Cyprus on October 21 where the group tournament of the