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8 FAMOUS GRANDMASTERS TO COMPETE IN INTERNATIONAL
TOURNAMENT "CHESS GIANTS" IN YEREVAN
  • Sport
  • 2008-06-07 21:00:00

YEREVAN, JUNE 7, NOYAN TAPAN. An international rapid chess tournament "Chess Giants" will be held in Yerevan on June 8-16 with the participation of 8 famous

RAFAEL VAHANIAN SHARES 9-11th POSITIONS IN INTERNATIONAL
CHESS TOURNAMENT IN BAZNA
  • Sport
  • 2008-06-05 21:00:00

BAZNA, JUNE 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The international chess tournament "Kings" with the participation of 11 famous veteran grand masters finished in the Romanian city of Bazna

NOCA PRESIDENT HANDS CASH PRIZES TO ARMENIAN SPORTSMEN WHO
WON MEDALS AT EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN FIRST HALF OF 2008
  • Sport
  • 2008-06-03 23:00:00

YEREVAN, JUNE 3, NOYAN TAPAN. A joint sitting of the executive committee of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia (NOCA) and the headquarters on coordination of

SERGEI MOVSISIAN TAKES THIRD PLACE IN INTERNATIONAL CHESS
TOURNAMENT "BOSNA 2008"
  • Sport
  • 2008-06-03 22:00:00

YEREVAN, JUNE 3, NOYAN TAPAN. A 18-category international chess tournament "Bosna 2008" was held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on May 22 - June 2. Alexander Morozevich

"PRETENDER" TEAM BECOMES CHAMPION AT ARMENIA'S BRIDGE
CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Sport
  • 2008-06-02 23:00:00

YEREVAN, JUNE 2, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenia's bridge championship with the participation of 4 teams was held in Yerevan on May 18 - June 1. The "pretender"

FRIENDLY MATCH OF NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAMS OF ARMENIA AND
GREECE ENDS IN DRAW
  • Sport
  • 2008-06-02 23:00:00

OFFENBACH, JUNE 2, NOYAN TAPAN. A friendly match of the national football teams of Armenia and Europe's champion - Greece was held in the city of

ARMENIAN TEAM OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS UNDER 19 NOT TO TAKE PART
IN FINAL OF EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-27 13:02:00

YEREVAN, MAY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian national team was defeated by the team of the Ukraine with the score of 0:1 in the seventh group

ARMEN NAZARIAN WINS IN REGULAR STAGE OF DZUDO WORLD SUPER
CUP TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-27 12:55:00

YEREVAN, MAY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. The tournament of the regular stage of the World Dzudo Super Cup finished in Moscow on May 25. Armenian representative Armen

THREE MORE SPORTSMEN FROM ARMENIA RECEIVE PASSES FOR
BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-27 12:45:00

YEREVAN, MAY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. The last Greco-Roman style Wrestling Olympic Rating tournament finished in the city of Novi Sad of Serbia on May 25. Armenian

ELITE STAGE GROUP TOURNAMENT OF EUROPEAN FOOTBALL
CHAMPIONSHIP UNDER 19 STARTS IN ARMENIA
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-23 14:00:00

YEREVAN, MAY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The elite stage seventh group tournament of the European Football Championship under 19 started in the Abovian city and Yerevan Mika

FOUR ARMENIAN GRECO-ROMAN STYLE WRESTLERS TO TAKE PART IN
LAST OLYMPIC RATING TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-23 13:45:00

YEREVAN, MAY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The last Greco-Roman Wrestling Rating Tournament will start in the city of Novi Sad of Serbia on May 23. Karen Mnatsakanian

FOUR BOXERS OF ARMENIA BECOME PRIZE WINNERS IN
INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT OF SPAIN
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-20 12:30:00

YEREVAN, MAY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. The International Boxing Tournament finished in the city of Valadolid in Spain on May 18. 5 Armenian delegates were among those

ARARAT YEREVAN IN LEAD OF TOURNAMENT TABLE OF ARMENIAN
FOOTBALL STAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER 6 STAGES
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-20 12:20:00

YEREVAN, MAY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. The games of the sixth stage of the Star National Football Championship of Armenia took place on May 17. The following

LEVON ARONIAN TAKES 5th PLACE IN INTERNATIONAL CHESS
TOURNAMENT IN SOFIA
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-15 19:30:00

SOFIA, MAY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. Levon Aronian was beaten by Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) on May 15, in the 6th tour of the International Chess Tournament being

5 ARMENIAN BOXERS TO TAKE PART IN INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
IN SPAIN
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-13 19:45:00

YEREVAN, MAY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. Five members of the Armenian boxing national team have left for Spain on May 12 to take part in the International

FIRST ROUND GAMES FINISH IN INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT
IN SOFIA
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-13 19:35:00

SOFIA, MAY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. Levon Aronian was beaten by leader Vasili Ivanchuk (the Ukraine) on May 12, in the 5th tour of the International Chess

ARARAT YEREVAN CONQUERS CUP OF ARMENIA FOR FIFTH TIME
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-13 14:05:00

YEREVAN, MAY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The final match of the Armenian Football Cup Tournament between Ararat and Banants Yerevan took place in Ijevan on May 9.

REGBY TEAM OF ARMENIA DEFEATS TEAM OF SERBIA WITH 25:0
SCORE
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-13 13:55:00

YEREVAN, MAY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The national team of Armenia competed with that of Serbia in the Ayg sports ground of Ararat in the regular stage

TENNIS TEAM OF ARMENIA TO TAKE PART IN DAVIS CUP TOURNAMENT
IN FOURTH GROUP NEXT YEAR
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-13 13:52:00

YEREVAN, MAY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The tournament of the third group of the European-African zone of the Davis Cup Tournament finished in Yerevan on May 11.

NATIONAL TEAM OF UNDER 19 FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF ARMENIA
FINISH COMPETITION TOUR IN ITALY
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-13 13:40:00

YEREVAN, MAY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The national team of under 19 football players of Armenia finished their competition tour in Italy. A 2:2 draw was recorded

ROMAN AMOYAN JOINS ARMENIAN SPORTSMEN LEAVING FOR BEIJING
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-12 20:55:00

ROME, MAY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. The International Olympic Rating Tournament of Greco-Roman Wrestling finished on May 11 in Rome. Five sportsmen performed from Armenia. Only Roman Amoyan

GYMNAST HAROUTIUN MERDINIAN TAKES 5th PLACE IN EUROPE
CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-12 19:50:00

YEREVAN, MAY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. Haroutiun Merdinian (Yerevan) performed successfully among Armenia's representatives in the Europe Individual Championship of Sports Gymnastics held in the city of Lausanne.

LEVON ARONIAN GAINS 1.5 OUT OF 4 POSSIBLE POINTS IN SOFIA
INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-12 19:30:00

SOFIA, MAY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. Four tours have been held in the International Chess Tournament being held in Sofia. Levon Aronian has gained 1.5 out of

LEVON ARONIAN DEFEATED BY VESELIN TOPALOV IN INTERNATIONAL
CHESS TOURNAMENT IN SOFIA
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-10 22:00:00

SOFIA, MAY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. An international chess super tournament with the participation of six grand masters started in Sofia on May 8.

ARMENIAN TENNIS PLAYERS BEAT ANDORRA SPORTSMEN IN SECOND
TOUR OF DAVIS CUP TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-09 17:35:00

YEREVAN, MAY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The 3rd group men's tournament of Davis Cup Tournament Eurafrican Zone continues in Yerevan. Armenia's national team competed with sportsmen of

LEVON ARONIAN TAKES PART IN SOFIA INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-09 17:30:00

SOFIA, MAY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Levon Aronian (Armenia), Teymur Rajabov (Azerbaijan), Vasily Ivanchuk (the Ukraine), Bu Syan Chzhi (China), and Ivan Cheparinov take part

INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT OF 10th CATEGORY HELD IN
GYUMRI
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-07 21:00:00

GYUMRI, MAY 7, NOYAN TAPAN. An international chess tournament, which was organized by the Chess Federation of Armenia and the National Chess Academy, finished in Gyumri

ARMENIAN TEAM OF UNDER 19-YEAR-OLDS WINS TWO MATCHES WITH
SAME SCORE OF 4-1 IN ITALY
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-07 21:00:00

ROME, MAY 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian national football team of under 19-year-olds played 2 test matches in Italy. The Armenian footballers won two matches with

CHIEF COACH OF "ULIS" SUREN BARSEGHIAN RESIGNS
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-07 20:30:00

YEREVAN, MAY 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The chief coach of "Ulis" team Suren Barseghian sent in his resignation after "Ulis" lost to "Banants" (0:1) at the 4th

8 OUT OF 9 ARMENIAN FREE-STYLE WRESTLERS BECOME
PRIZE-WINNERS IN ATHENS INTERNATIONAL YOUTH TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-07 19:40:00

ATHENS, MAY 7, NOYAN TAPAN. Free-style Wrestling International Youth Tournament finished in the capital city of Greece, Athens on May 6. There were nine sportsmen from

ARMENIAN TENNIS NATIONAL TEAM BEATEN BY TEAM OF MOLDOVA IN
FIRST TOUR OF DAVIS CUP TOURNAMENT
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-07 19:40:00

YEREVAN, MAY 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The 3rd group men's tournament of Davis Cup Tournament Eurafrican Zone started on May 7 in Yerevan.

ARARAT YEREVAN IN LEAD OF ARMENIAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
TOURNAMENT TABLE
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-07 12:15:00

YEREVAN, MAY 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The games of the fourth stage of the Aremnian Football Higher Group Championship took place on May 4: Banants won Ulis

DAVIS CUP TOURNAMENT EURAFRICAN ZONE 3rd GROUP TOURNAMENT
TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-06 19:25:00

YEREVAN, MAY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The Men's 3rd group Tournament of Davis Cup Tournament Eurafrican zone will be held on May 6-11 in Yerevan. Besides Armenia's

MARTIN BERBERIAN'S RESULT AT WARSAW INTERNATIONAL
COMPETITION ALLOWS HIM TO PARTICIPATE IN BEIJING OLYMPICS
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-04 21:00:00

WARSAW, MAY 4, NOYAN TAPAN. The last Olympic rating competition of freestyle wrestling was held in Warsaw on May 1-4. Only one Armenian wrestler - Martin

LILIT MKRTCHIAN, ELINA DANELIAN AND GABRIEL SARGSIAN
ACHIEVE RIGHT TO TAKE PART IN WORLD CUP
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-04 21:00:00

PLOVDIV, MAY 4, NOYAN TAPAN. The European Chess Championship finished in Plovdiv (Bulgaria) on May 3. Sergei Tivyakov (Netherlands) earned 8.5

ARMENIAN NATIONAL TEAM OF UNDER 19-YEAR-OLDS TO PLAY TEST
FOOTBALL MATCHES IN ITALY
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-02 22:00:00

YEREVAN, MAY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian national team of under 19-year-olds on May 1 left for Italy to play 3 test matches will local teams.

VAHAGN STEPANIAN AND HARUTYUN MERDINIAN TO COMPETE IN
EUROPEAN ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-02 21:00:00

YEREVAN, MAY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. The European Individual Championship of Artistic Gymnastics will be held in Lausanne (Switzerland) on May 4-12. Armenia will be represented by

ELINA DANIELIAN AND LILIT MKRTCHIAN WITH 7 POINTS EACH
AMONG LEADERS AT EUROPEAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-02 21:00:00

PLOVDIV, MAY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. The next to last - 10th round of European Chess Championship was held in Plovdiv on May 1.

SERGEI MOVSISIAN REPRESENTING SLOVAKIA IS IN GROUP OF
LEADERS AT EUROPEAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-01 22:00:00

PLOVDIV, MAY 1, NOYAN TAPAN. Games of Round 9 of the European Chess Championship were held on April 30 in Plovdiv (Bulgaria).

ARMENIAN NATIONAL TEAN OF GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING TO TAKE
PART IN INTERNATIONAL RATING COMPETITION IN ROME
  • Sport
  • 2008-05-01 22:00:00

YEREVAN, MAY 1, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian national team of Greco-Roman wrestling left for Rome on April 30 in order to participate in an international rating

4 SAMBO PLAYERS OF ARMENIA BECOME PRIZE WINNERS OF EUROPEAN
CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Sport
  • 2008-04-30 19:25:00

TBILISI, APRIL 30, NOYAN TAPAN. The European Sambo Championship ended in Tbilisi on April 30, in which 12 sportmen from Armenia participated.

STAR COMPANY BECOMES MAIN SPONSOR OF FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
OF ARMENIA
  • Sport
  • 2008-04-30 19:25:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 30, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the agreement signed on April 30 between the Football Federation of Armenia and Star company, the company assumed the

THREE CHESS PLAYERS IN LEAD IN MEN'S AND WOMEN'S EUROPEAN
CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Sport
  • 2008-04-30 19:20:00

PLOVDIV, APRIL 30, NOAYAN TAPAN. Three chess players are in the lead after 8 tours in the Men's European Chess Championship which is being held in

5 ARMENIAN WRESTLERS TO TAKE PART IN LAST RATING TOURNAMENT
TO BE HELD IN WARSAW
  • Sport
  • 2008-04-29 16:55:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 29, NOYAN TAPAN. Free-style Wrestling International Olympic Rating last Tournament will be held on May 2-4 in Warsaw. Mihran Jaburian (55 kg), Martin Berberian

ARMENIAN WOMEN'S TENNIS NATIONAL TEAM TAKES 2nd PLACE IN
INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT HELD IN YEREVAN
  • Sport
  • 2008-04-29 16:55:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The third-group women's tournament of Euroafrican region of Tennis International Federation finished on April 26 in Yerevan. The Armenian national team won

SERGEI MOVSISIAN AND EMIL SUTOVSKI LEADERS IN EUROPEAN CHESS
CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Sport
  • 2008-04-29 16:55:00

PLOVDIV, APRIL 29, NOYAN TAPAN. 7 tours have been held in the European Chess Men's and Women's Championships being held in the town of Plovdiv, Poland.

INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT BEING HELD IN GYUMRI
  • Sport
  • 2008-04-29 16:25:00

GYUMRI, APRIL 29, NOYAN TAPAN. An International Chess Tournament started on April 25 in Gyumri on the initiative of the Armenian Chess Federation and Chess Academy.

ARARAT AND MIKA AT TOP OF TOURNAMENT TABLE OF ARMENIAN
FOOTBALL HIGHER LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Sport
  • 2008-04-29 16:20:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The games of the 3rd tour of Armenian Football Higher League Championship took place on April 27. The following results were recorded: Ararat

BEELINE COMPANY MAIN SPONSOR OF OLYMPIC TEAM OF ARMENIA
  • Sport
  • 2008-04-25 19:55:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 25, NOYAN TAPAN. On April 25, a sponsorship agreement was signed between Armentel CJSC (which provides telecommunication service with the Beeline trade mark) and

ARMENIAN WEIGHTLIFTING NATIONAL TEAMS RETURN TO HOMELAND
WITH VICTORY
  • Sport
  • 2008-04-22 19:10:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 22, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian weightlifting men's and women's national teams returned to Yerevan on April 22. They took the first place by the