The Football Federation of Armenia has confirmed the schedule of the Top Division national soccer championship in 2010. According to the information published by national soccer’s governing body Tuesday, eight teams will be vying for the trophy in the season opening March 27 and lasting till November 14.

A veteran Armenian boxing champ said he was going to raise the stakes by moving to a higher division or seek a rematch with a longtime Filipino foe after he defended his WBC/WBA super flyweight belts against a Mexican challenger Saturday night.

Vic Darchinyan (34-2-1. 27 KOs) looked solid against his younger challenger from Mexico Rodrigo Guerrero (13-2-1, 9 KO) throughout the 12-round bout at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California, especially towards the end when the southpaw gave the 22-year-old “Gatito” a series of slashing lefts and uppercuts leading to a commanding unanimous decision.

Armenia lost to Belarus 1-3 in their first international friendly this season on Wednesday. The game was played on neutral ground in Turkish Antalya.

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs SportsUnited office, in partnership with Roxy, a brand of Quiksilver, is conducting a snowboarding Sports Envoy program in Armenia, March 3-7, 2010. Professional snowboarders and Roxy team riders Amber Stackhouse and Erin Comstock will be the first action sports athletes to be sent abroad as Sports Envoys by SportsUnited.

Armenia’s soccer boss has called for consolidation around the first “homegrown” Armenian coach in nearly a decade as he introduced the recent appointee late last week.

Armenia’s US-born alpine skier Ani-Matilda Serebrakian finished a difficult downhill run in ladies’ slalom Friday only to learn that her effort had been disqualified by the event’s judges. This was the second failed attempt of the 21-year-old sophomore at the University of San Francisco to get her name into the finishers’ standings in the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Armenian GM Levon Aronyan ended a series of nine draws with a tenth round victory over Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan on Wednesday at the closing international chess tournament in Spanish Linares.

Armenia’s US-born alpine skier Ani-Matilda Serebrakian followed the pattern of her teammate from Tsakhkadzor in giant slalom as she failed to reach the finish line on an Olympic downhill course in Vancouver Wednesday.

Armenia’s official flag-bearer at the February 12 opening ceremony for the XXI Winter Olympics did not formally engage in the Vancouver Games until this Tuesday when he unsuccessfully attempted at a men’s giant slalom event in alpine skiing contested by 102 competitors.

Armenia’s national soccer team will play an international friendly on Turkish soil against Belarus on March 3, reported national soccer’s governing body on Tuesday.