Armenian soccer’s governing body has announced a friendly game between the national teams of Armenia and Iran that is due to be held in Yerevan next month.

The Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) said on Wednesday the game will take place at Hrazdan Stadium in the capital on August 11 (kickoff at 9:00pm local time).

King Arthur Abraham welcomed a special guest on Monday when German Chancellor Angela Merkel stopped by to visit the renowned training facilities in Kienbaum. Hundreds of world-class athletes, including dozens of Olympic gold medal winners and world champions, use the sports center each year to prepare for their events. Team Sauerland also stages its training camps in Kienbaum, which is located 20 miles east of Berlin. Ulli Wegner and his fighters will return on July 28, moving camp from the Max-Schmeling-Gym to the sports center.

Armenia’s FC Mika will have everything to play for when they host a Macedonian team in the second leg of a UEFA Europa League second qualifying round tie in Yerevan on Thursday. In what seemed to be more of a blessing than a curse for any Armenian team at this stage, the tournament’s draw late last week decided that the winner of the Mika v Rabotnicki tie got an underperforming, but, nonetheless, renowned English Premiership club Liverpool as their next opponent in the third and final qualifying round.