Topic: Sports

PATTAYA, Thailand (Panorama.am) — Armenian weightlifter Hakob Mkrtchyan competing in the 89-kilogram weight category won gold on September 23 at the World Weightlifting Championships here. Mkrtchyan was named champion with[...]

YEREVAN — Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received  the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) President Aleksander Ceferin, who arrived in Armenia on September 5. The president of the Football Federation of Armenia[...]

By Michael Melkonian Special to the Mirror-Spectator LOS ANGELES — The National Basketball Association (NBA) is one of the most popular sporting leagues in the world; in the United States,[...]

ROME (Armenpress) —  Henrikh Mkhitaryan has joint Armenia national football team. The Armenian team started trainings on September 2 ahead of games against Italy and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mkhitaryan joined[...]

YEREVAN – Armenia hosted Italy’s national team in Yerevan for the UEFA EURO 2020 qualifier game. All the tickets for Vazgen Sarkissian stadium were sold out, Armenpress reported. “We expect[...]

LOUIS, Mi. (Chessbase) — Levon Aronian emerged as the winner of the Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz leg of the Grand Chess Tour on August 16, after a tumultuous day of[...]

PARIS — Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian moved up six spots to 8th on the latest World Chess Federation (FIDE) ratings. Norwegian GM Magnus Carlsen continues to top the list of 100[...]

By Lily Waddell VENICE (Daily Mail) — Arsenal midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan married Betty Vardanyan in a romantic ceremony in Venice, Italy on Monday, June 17. The pair, 30, were the[...]

PARIS (PanARMENIAN.Net) — Russian-Armenian tennis player Karen Khachanov has for the first time broken into the Top 10 of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings. Khachanov, 22, enjoyed an[...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress) — Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler, Olympic Champion Artur Aleksanyan lit the XII Pan-Armenian Games flame on June 17 from St. Gregory the Illuminator’s torch at Khor Virap, an Armenian[...]