  David Safaryan reaches European qualifying wrestling tournament ¼ final April 20, 2012 - 18:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian wrester, bronze medalist of 2012 European Championships David Safaryan (66 kg) scored a win over Swiss Steven Graf in 1/8 final of European qualifying tournament for the Summer Olympic Games. In the ¼ final Safaryan will face off against Romania’s Yan Ceaban, who in turn, beat Vladimir Gotisan (Moldova). Contenders to occupy 1-2 places will gain entry to London Olympics. Partner news  Top stories Norway will host Chess World Cup 2013 on August 10 - September 4, 2013, with 4 Armenian players to participate in. Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian is currently 3rd with 4 points, Bulgaria’s Veselin Topalov is 7th with 3 points. European Individual Chess Championship ended in Polish town of Legnica, with 24 chess players winning World Cup qualifications. Gor Minasyan won silver medal, Andranik Karapetyan and Izabella Yalyan both won bronze at Junior World Championships in Lima.   Partner news |  Latest news John Lennon’s guitar auctioned for $408,000  The custom-made instrument, built in 1966 by the VOX company, was bought by an unidentified U.S. buyer in New York.Egyptian police block border crossing with Israel amid kidnapping anger Egyptian police was enraged by the kidnapping of seven of their colleagues by Islamist gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula.Syrian forces storming rebel stronghold of Qusair Opposition groups say militants from the Lebanese Hezbollah movement are fighting alongside government forces.Benicio del Toro’s “Jimmy P” debuts in Cannes main competition The film is telling of the relationship between a troubled native American vet and his equally idiosyncratic therapist. |
