Homenetmen Athletic Games due July 4-8 in WashingtonJune 21, 2012 - 15:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Homenetmen Eastern Regional’s 22nd Annual Athletic Games will be held this year from July 4-8 in Washington, D.C., with the Homenetmen of Greater Washington as the proud hosts, The Armenian Weekly reported. Athletes from the 10 Eastern Region chapters - Albany, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Florida, New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, and Washington - along with invited guests from Montreal and Toronto, will gather at the Wardman Park Marriott in Washington. Starting early on July 5, the soccer, volleyball, and basketball teams, as well as the athletes participating in the swimming and track events, will compete at the Maryland Discovery Zone Soccerplex in Boyds, Md. Singer Tata Simonyan and his band from Armenia, and Harout Bedrossian and his band from Montreal, will be held at the Wardman Park Marriott in D.C. on the evenings of July 6 and 7, respectively. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |