Shakhtar Donetsk have officially announced this week that they have completed the transfer of young midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan from the city’s rival club Metallurh, at a cost of 6 million euros (about $7.5 million).

The match in Yerevan will be followed by an away game against Macedonia on September 7.

The 2010 Summer Games held August 14-26 had brought together around 3,500 athletes, aged 14-18, from 205 countries.

But the change in FIDE’s decision reportedly comes following a Russian request.

Djorkaeff, a 42-year-old former French-Armenian player, said he has not received any official offer from Armenia’s Soccer Federation, “but if I were offered one day to be the coach of Armenia, I would think about it,” he said, according to the publication.

In a telegram addressed to his Azerbaijani counterpart Ceyhun Mamedov, President of the Armenian Sambo Federation Levon Hayrapetyan said the federation of the sport in Armenia regretted the neighboring republic’s loss of a talented sambo fighter, who drowned in a lake over the weekend.

Despite the great enthusiasm displayed by the FC Mika players in front of the home crowd on Thursday, the Yerevan team failed to convert any of their numerous goal-scoring chances, drawing 0-0 against Macedonia’s FK Rabotnicki. The first leg of the tie played in Skopje last week brought a 1-0 victory to the Macedonians.

Titleholder Pyunik who have dominated Armenia’s domestic league in the past decade, have been defeated by FK Partizan (Belgrade) in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round.

The home team lost a player red-carded by the match official seven minutes before half-time. In a game of equal opportunities, Rabotnicki managed to score in the 87th minute to take a slim advantage to the match in Yerevan due on July 22.