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Arthur, who has decided to spend a few days in the Homeland, is probably very busier than he is when he practices. That is not surprising judging from the fact that he gave a nice present to the Armenian people just a couple of days before New Years’ by knocking out Kingsley Ikeyke in the …

Brazilian soccer player Ronaldinio (“Barcelona”) was declared the best soccer player of 2005. By receding 650 votes English soccer-player Frank Lembard placed second. The Cameroonian soccer player Samuel Etto placed third. Before Ronaldinio’s award was granted the “Sword dance” composition of Aram Khatchaturyan was playing.

According to the Azeri National Bank statistics, economy has risen by 22% from the beginning of this year to now; there is a 28% rise in industrial production and 53% rise in the oil sector. This proves once again that two digit rises in economy don’t mean anything; the marks must be fixed so that …

It was the final play of “WTA” tennis championship in Los-Angeles yesterday. It was very much like a French championship. Two competitors from France (Ameli Moresmo and Mari Pierce) were struggling for first place. Pierce won the first set (7-5). Then Moresmo won the second set (6-4) and won the champion’s status of Los-Angeles championship. …

Yesterday marked the first stage of the final round of tennis taking place in Shanghai. Nikolay Davidenko, representing Russia, was competing against Armenian American Andre Agassi. To the surprise of many, Agassi did not play that well and lost after the 1 hour and 15 minute game (6-4, 6-2). Davidenkon won easily due to the …

Yesterday our chess players surprised us during the world team chess championship in Israel. Our team was playing with the men’s team of China yesterday, who hadn’t lost any game during this championship. Our team is in the third place. Probably the team of China will win this championship. They are going to play with …

Yesterday our chess players’ group played with the Russian group in Beer Sheva city of Israel. The RA defense minister and head of chess federation Serj Sargsyan visited Israel in order to encourage our players. But alas his presence didn’t help our team and they lost the game. At first Levon Aronyan played with Piotr …

The international running marathon will take place in Yerevan and, according to preliminary data, first prize winner will receive $15,000 USD. The ”Ararat-Marathon” organization has organized this event. According to the representatives of the ”Ararat-Marathon”, it is possible to do the marathons in Armenia’s regions if the marathon in Yerevan reaches success. Anyone who wishes …

The “Karabagh-2005” second annual international chess tournament kicked off on October the 1st. Twenty professional chess players participated in the tournament, including players from Poland, Ukraine, Moldova, Spain, China, Russia and Armenia. In addition, the 17th and 11th place tournaments are also taking place (10 chess players in each tournament) at the same time. There …

On April 1st of 2005, Karen Harutyunyan was recognized as boxing champion in the 51 kilogram category in North America by the WBO international boxing federation. Today, he places 7th in the top ten boxers. We met Karen in Yerevan. The boxer came to the homeland from the U.S. to get married. Karen came to …