  ARMENIAN FOOTBALL TEAM TO BE COACHED BY ARGENTINE OSCAR LOPEZJuly 31, 2002 - 18:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 65-year-old coach from Argentina Oscar Lopez will coach the Armenian all-star football team until the elimination round of the 2004 European Championship on football is over. It should be noted earlier Uruguayan Sergio Markarian who was the coach of Paraguay's all-star team reached the final of the last world championship was offered to lead the Armenian all-star team. But the coach refused the contract with annual payment of $200 thousand. The first elimination match Euro-2004 will take place in Armenia and the Armenian all-star team will play with the Ukraine team. The teams of Spain, Northern Ireland and Greece are also included in the same elimination group.  Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg.   Partner news |  Latest news POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad  Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO.Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship.Iran says change in presidency won’t affect ties with Armenia Ambassador Mehdi Sobhani made the remarks when speaking to reporters at the Iranian Embassy.Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. |
