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The 24th boxing match of IBM world champion Artur Abrahamyan has a special importance for Armenians as Abraham was contesting another Armenian boxer Khoren Gevor. After his regular victory Abraham arrived in Armenia to celebrate his victory as usual. During yesterday’s press conference he mentioned that compared to other boxers the match with Khoren Gevor …

The UEFA executive committee made perhaps the most absurd decision possible for the selection stage of the Armenia-Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan-Armenia games for “Euro 2008”. The problem arose when it came time to discuss where to hold the games. The Armenian side had declared that it was ready to play in Baku and receive the Azerbaijani …

Yesterday the Armenian football team played the team of Poland in Group A in the framework of the world cup. The Armenian team won the game with the Polish team (1-0), which is now the leading team with its earned points in the mentioned group. The goal was scored by Hamlet Mkhitaryan in the 65th …

The opening ceremony of the unofficial chess match between Levon Aronyan and Vladimir Kramnik took place on Friday at the Opera and Ballet Theatre. It was obviously interesting for chess fans, yet many were not even able to be present during the opening ceremony with the participation of Armenian Prime Minister and President of the …

World chess champion Vladimir Kramnik arrived in Armenia with his wife yesterday. He will compete with chess master Levon Aronyan on May 4-6. “I have come to Armenia to show a good game and I think the game will be hard, interesting and definitely equal. However, I can’t say how it will end. I am …

Armenian grosmeister Levon Aronyan scored a brilliant victory at the “Corus” ultimate chess competition, which had the 19th FIDE ranking and was held in the Dutch city of Veik an Zeh. By scoring 8.5 points (Bulgarian chess player Veselin Topalov and Azerbaijani Teymur Rajabov scored the same amount), Levon Aronyan was declared the best with …

Armenian National Football players and Rumanian “Rapid” and “Chakhlaul” team players Artavazd and Arman Karamyan have signed a 3-year contract with the “Polytechnicum” team of the Rumanian city of Timishoara for a total of more than 1 million Euros.

World IBF rating champion Arthur Abrahamyan will be in the ring again next April, according to the boxer’s promoter Wilfrid Zauerland. “Abraham must first go through the jaw fracture operation. I’m planning to have him box in the U.S., but we’ll talk about that when Abraham fully recuperates,” he said.

The Armenian soccer team attacker representing the Dutch “Ayax” soccer team Edgar Manucharyan hit a goal while playing against the Austrian “Austria” team during the UEFA championship. That was the first goal hit by the 19-year old Armenina soccer player in the “Ayax” team’s official plays. The “Ayax” team won 3-0.

Alexander Abraham, brother of IBF category world boxing champion Arthur Abraham, was arrested in Germany for injuring a 35-year old man with a knife. According to “Regnum”, Lebanese boxer Manuel Char was also arrested for the same case, According to Allboxing.ru, although the German police haven’t published any facts connected to the crime, they may …