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Soccer | 16.03.10 | 17:28

Soccer: Armenia objection necessitates draw to fill in Euro-2012 qualifying Group B match calendar

By Suren Musayelyan

The six nations involved in qualifying Group B of UEFA Euro-2012, including Armenia, will decide their fixtures through an UEFA draw, it emerged on Tuesday after Armenia voiced its objection to the schedule approved by the rest.

Euro-2012: UEFA spares Armenia, Azerbaijan repeated “qualifying trouble”

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Soccer | 16.03.10 | 15:33

Armenia’s top soccer league 2010 to kick off this month

Source: www.ffa.am

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.

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Soccer | 04.03.10 | 10:32

Soccer: Armenia defeated in their first international friendly this season; U-21 beat Ireland

By Suren Musayelyan

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.

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Soccer | 01.03.10 | 11:09

“Up to the job”: Soccer boss urges consolidation around first “homebred” Armenia coach in years

By Suren Musayelyan

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.

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Soccer | 23.02.10 | 18:45

Soccer: Armenia to play international friendly in Turkey

By Suren Musayelyan

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.

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Soccer | 18.02.10 | 12:06

Rival nations in Euro-2012 Group B to meet in Moscow to appoint fixtures

The six nations involved in qualifying Group B of the UEFA Euro-2012, including Armenia, will converge in Russian capital Moscow March 15-16 to discuss the schedule of the games to be played September 2010 through November 2011.

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Soccer | 11.02.10 | 16:32

Soccer: National team gets native coach; first appointed since 2002

By Suren Musayelyan

The head of national soccer’s governing body has for the first time since 2002 formally entrusted a homebred coach with management of the national soccer squad, it emerged on Thursday.

Euro-2012: UEFA spares Armenia, Azerbaijan repeated “qualifying trouble”

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Soccer | 08.02.10 | 13:11

Euro-2012: UEFA spares Armenia, Azerbaijan repeated “qualifying trouble”

By Suren Musayelyan

A deliberate pre-arrangement by European soccer’s governing body has spared Armenia and Azerbaijan the trouble of potentially facing each other again in a qualifying campaign despite the fact that Sunday’s blind draw, it seemed, had put them into one group.

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Soccer | 18.01.10 | 12:13

Soccer: ‘Amnestied’ Pyunik at Commonwealth Cup again

By Suren Musayelyan

After a four-year break Armenia’s longtime champion is again participating in the CIS and Baltic Countries Cup in Russia – a traditional tournament held since 1993 in the middle of January that brings together the best teams from former Soviet republics.

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Soccer | 14.12.09 | 12:11

Soccer: UEFA set to avoid repeat Armenia v Azerbaijan trouble in Euro-2012 draw

By Suren Musayelyan

European soccer’s governing body is looking to avoid the repetition of Armenia v Azerbaijan fixtures in Euro-2012 qualification despite the fact that the two nations are in different pots and, therefore, technically may be drawn in the same qualifying group.

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Soccer | 13.11.09 | 16:00

2009 season over: Soccer is not only about diplomacy

By Georg Khachaturyan

Another, eighteenth, national championship in soccer ended this month. It ended without surprises – FC Pyunik representing capital Yerevan, with 65 points in 28 games, won the title for the ninth time in a row. FC Mika finished second (53 points) and FC Ulis took the third place. Last season’s runner-up Ararat, a legendary team for generations of Armenian fans, is leaving the top division to give way to Impulse from Dilijan, a newcomer in the top flight’s 2010 season. The top scorer in the 2009 Armenian premier league is Artur Kocharyan from Ulis (15 goals). Boti Demel from Mika and Arsen Avetisyan from FC Gandzasar Kapan, meanwhile, scored 14 goals each.

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Armenia judo wins in Prague, Tbilisi

Armenia’s former European champion in judo Armen Nazaryan (66 kg) won the top title in the Judo 2010 World Cup second round tournament held in Prague, Czech Republic, February 26-27, reports the National Olympic Committee of Armenia (www.armnoc.am). It took the Armenian athlete 2 minutes and 54 seconds to beat a French rival in the final fight and take the winner’s spot. A total of four Armenian judokas took part in the competitions.

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Not Last!: Armenian athletes survive skiing races at Vancouver Winter Olympics

By Suren Musayelyan

Armenia’s Kristine Khachatryan started last but finished third from bottom in a 10-kilometer cross-country race in the Winter Olympics Monday in Canada.

The race at Whistler Olympic Park in Vancouver was the first of these Olympics featuring an Armenian. Khachatryan finished 76th time (34:17.5) among 78 participants. In the race won by Nordic favorites (best time 24:58.4, showed by a Swede) the 20-year-old from Gyumri managed to beat athletes from Macedonia and Serbia, whose results stood at 34:45.8 and 35:47.4, respectively.

Sport: Armenian tricolor at Vancouver Olympics, while Yerevan hosted World Cup in wrestling

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Sport: Early victories and defeats for Armenia in 2010

By Suren Musayelyan

Chess: Team Armenia, the winner of the last two World Chess Olympiads (2006 and 2008), were going strong until Round 6 at the continuing World Team Championships in Bursa, Turkey, when they suffered a surprise defeat to the Hellenic team.

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