On 17 September Artsakh Republic President Arayik Harutyunyan received a group of sports sphere devotees and conferred them with honorary titles for the contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, the preparation of sports shift and on the occasion of the Day of the Physical Culture Worker. The Head of the State mentioned …
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The Armenian Mirror-Spectator. NEW YORK (USA Today) — Serena Williams has clocked the fastest serve – 124 MPH – of any woman at the 2020 U.S. Open. She has smoked 20 aces through two rounds, also a tournament-high. Neither of these facts comes as any more of a surprise than her result in Arthur Ashe …
On 3 September Artsakh Republic President Arayik Harutyunyan received world recordholders brothers Youri and Arthur Saqunts. The republic’s President congratulated the sportsmen on setting new records at the Stepanakert Stepan Shahoumyan stadium which they devoted to the Artsakh Republic Day. In a position leaning on hands Youri Saqunts pulled a 4 ton 100 kg car …
Recently, the name of Armenian national team midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is often discussed unnecessarily on the Internet, social networks and other platforms. The fact is that our captain spoke with the head coach of the national team and said that he could not join the team because, in his opinion, he was not in good …
Public Radio of Armenia. Armenia withdrew from the Online Chess Olympiad following rejection of an appeal over one of their players losing a game due to internet disconnection. India had won the first round of matches 3.5-2.5 with captain Vidit S Gujrathi, D Harika and Nihal Sarin posting victories. While former world champion Viswanathan Anand drew …
Ten boxers from the Armenian national team under Rafayel Mehrabyan have been taking athletic courses in Ukraine for the past week. The initiators and coordinators were Hovhannes Hovsepyan and the National Armenian Boxing Federation. After adapting to the climate, our athletes began to train along with delegates from the Ukrainian team. An open-air friendly match …
Public Radio of Armenia. Armenia’s leading chess player Levon Aronian has taken to Facebook to share his feelings after losing wife Arianne and to inform that he’s “happy, healthy and surrounded by love.” “This year has been unbearably difficult for me. A year that will incomprehensibly change our lives. In any case, it has already …
The Armenian Weekly. We are pleased to report that the AYF has another project in the works with a similar objective to ours: to keep the AYF Olympic spirit going during this year of no Olympics. The Central Athletic Council (CAC) will be producing videos commemorating the AYF Olympics. There will be three videos ranging from …
Public Radio of Armenia. Armenia captain Henrikh Mkhitaryan has donated national team shirts to Armenian servicemen wounded in recent hostilities in the north-eastern part of the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border, the Football Federation of Armenia reports. In an accompanying letter Mkhitaryan promised to meet the soldiers during his stay in Armenia and personally sign the shirts. …
The Armenian Weekly. If I am encouraging everyone to share their favorite AYF Olympic photos and memories, I should be the first to share such. Like many of you, I have many wonderful memories of the AYF Olympics. In the case of my most special memory, the 85th Annual Olympics Games in Philadelphia came to mind. Yes, my …
