Elen Grigoryan wins silver at European Weightlifting Championships; Khoren...
Boxing: An international boxing tournament - Gagik Tsarukyan Cup - kicked off in Yerevan, with participation of 160 boxers from 16 countries. The prize fund is AMD 45mln. Armenia has 3 representatives...
View ArticleArmenia finished 5th with 13 medals at European Weightlifting Championships
Weighlifting: Armenia finished 5th with 13 medals at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Kazan.
View ArticleVic Darchinyan wins IBO bantamweight world title back
Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan (36-3-1, 27 KOs) wasted little time in devouring Colombia’s Yonnhy Perez with a barrage of punches before the fight was stopped due to an accidental clash of heads....
View ArticleLevon Aronian ranked highest among Candidates Matches 2011 participants
Chess: FIDE has published the rankings of world’s 100 strongest chess players. The men’s list is topped by India’s Viswanathan Anand (2817 points), followed by Norway’s Magnus Carlsen (2815 points) and...
View ArticleTigran Petrosyan: the tallest GMs in semifinals of Candidates Matches 2011
Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian, who was one of the favorites and the highest-ranked participant of the Candidates Matches 2011, was kicked out of the game unexpectedly by his ¼ final rival,...
View ArticleArthur Abraham suffers defeat, doesn’t know what to do
Boxing:Arthur Abraham (32-3, 26 KOs) saw his dreams go up in smoke when he was dominated over twelve rounds by WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KOs). With respect to his future,...
View ArticleDarchinyan, Donaire battle beyond ring, rematch not planned yet
Boxing: IBO bantamweight champion Vic Darchinyan commented on WBC and WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire’s accusations.
View ArticleArmenia captain about players, coach
Prior to the UEFA EURO 2012 qualifier against Russia, Armenia captain Sargis Hovsepyan, in a conversation with PanARMENIAN.Net, introduced his team-mates and commented on each player's features and...
View ArticleArmenian football: one defeat, one victory
The long-awaited Armenia-Russia UEFA EURO 2012 qualifier finally took place but unfortunately ended in defeat of the Armenian team. The first goal of the match that was scored by midfielder Marcos...
View ArticleYura Movsisyan scores two goals, David Nalbandian back to court
Tennis:Former Wimbledon finalist and Tennis Masters Cup champion, David Nalbandian lost to Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 5-7 and 1-6 in the AGEON Championship third round at The Queen’s Club in London....
View ArticleArmenian boxers, wrestlers win medals at European Championships
Football: Armenian forwards Gevorg Ghazaryan and Marcos Pizzelli signed 3-year contracts with Metallurg Donetsk. “We have closely watches the guys’ career, so there was no need for a try-out,”...
View ArticleArmenian football fans got a dream named EURO 2012
For the first time in its history, the Armenian national team has a real chance to fight through to the final stage of the European Championship.
View ArticleArmenia sets record, climbs 41st in FIFA rankings
Football: Armenia climbed 4 positions to be placed 41st with 639 points in the FIFA rankings released on February 15.
View ArticleArmenian wrestlers share impressions on European Championship
Arthur Alexanyan (96 kg) became Europe's champion, while Arsen Julfalakyan (74kg) and Yuri Patrikeev (120kg) grabbed bronze medals. Upon their return, the wrestlers met with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
View ArticleThe way to championship
The first official weightlifting competitions were held in the United States in the middle of the 19th century. As a competitive sport, weightlifting was included in the program of the Olympic Games in...
View ArticleArmenian champions, worn out equipment, old gym
Men’s gymnastics comprises six events: floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bar. Armenian athletes performed brilliantly in three of these events at 2016...
View ArticleHenrikh, the son of Hamlet
On July 6, 2016, Manchester United officially declared acquisition of Henrikh Mkhitaryan, the midfielder of the Armenian national team and Borussia Dortmund. Mkhitaryan joins the club on a four-year...
View ArticleHow Armenian athlete stole Olympic flag, returned it and got a medal
There have been a lot of interesting occurrences in the history of the Olympic Games. Although not being directly relevant to sports, they stuck in memories forever. One of such episodes is the story...
View ArticleThe story of Judo
October 28 was chosen by the International Judo Federation to celebrate the World Judo Day. The 2016 theme is Judo for the World. Previous themes were Unity (2015), Honor (2014), Perseverance (2013),...
View ArticleMost important sports events of 2016
Armenian athletes won 170 medals at European and world championships, including 4 Olympic medals in 2016. The members of Armenia’s adult, junior and youth teams won 10 gold, 11 silver and 20 bronze...
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