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Armenian shooters have captured a bronze medal at the 2019 European Championship being held in Osijek, Croatia from 16 to 25 March. Armenian athletes Lilit Mkrtchyan, Gohar Harutyunyan and Arusyak Grigoryan collected 541, 535 and 531 points, respectively, in the Running Target Women event of the championship on 18 March, the S...

March 19, 2019 - 14:49 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Euro-Football.ru has compiled a list of the 10 best football players from the countries of the former Soviet Union, which also includes captain of the Armenian national team and Arsenal midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan. According to the publication, after moving to England, Mkhitaryan ha...

March 19, 2019 - 12:28 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian national figure skating team has left for Japan to take part in the 2019 ISU Figure Skating World Championships in Saitama. Single skaters Slavik Hayrapetyan and Anastasia Galustyan will represent the country in the important sports event in Japan. Galustyan and Hayrapet...

March 18, 2019 - 17:18 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Eight Armenian chess players will participate in the European Individual Championship, set to launch in Skopje, Macedonia on Monday, March 18. Grandmasters Sergei Movsesian, Hrant Melkumyan, Robert Hovhannisyan, Arman Pashikian, Haik M. Martirosyan, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, Manuel Petrosy...

March 16, 2019 - 16:33 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - FIFA has ignored European opposition to its plan to revamp the Club World Cup by voting to approve a new 24-team tournament starting in June 2021, The Guardian reports. The move to scrap the current seven-team tournament, which takes place every winter but is largely ignored by Europe...

Armenian weightlifters won two medals in the IWF World Youth Championships being held in Las Vegas, USA, reports Armenpress. Athlete Garik Karapetyan won silver and Gevorg Ghahramanyan - a bronze medal. The representative of Saudi Arabia was declared the winner. ...

Individual medals were awarded on Friday at the FIDE World Team Championship concluded on Thursday in Astana, Kazakhstan. As the Chess Federation of Armenia reports, member of the Armenian women’s Lilit Mktchyan won individual medal on board two, taking the bronze. To remind, the Armenia team took the 8th position at the Champ...

The Armenian national women’s lost to Kazakhstan in the final round of the FIDE World Team Championship concluded in Astana, Kazakhstan. As the National Olympic Committee reported, Elina Danielyan, Anna Sargsyan and Siranush Ghukasyan suffered defeats, while Lilit Mkrtchyan won her game. After 9 rounds played, the Armenian team...

March 14, 2019 - 12:07 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Arsenal look set to be without Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan for Thursday, March 14’s must-win Europa League clash against Rennes. The Armenian missed the Gunners’ 2-0 win against former club Manchester United on Sunday after sustaining a back injury in training. The midfie...

Arsenal will assess Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s back injury ahead of their Europa League last-16 second leg with Rennes, the official website of the club said in its latest update from the medical team. The Armenian national team captain and Arsenal midfielder missed Sunday’s Premier League win over his former club Manchester United ...