Ronaldo, Zidane name squads in UNDP Match Against PovertyDecember 17, 2012 - 16:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Forty international football players will join UNDP Goodwill Ambassadors and football legends Ronaldo and Zinédine Zidane at the tenth annual Match Against Poverty, held this year in Porto Alegre, Brazil, UNDP official website reported. The friendly football match on December 19 has been organized to raise awareness of global development challenges and funds through ticket sales, sponsorship and broadcast rights to support projects to help reduce poverty in Brazil and Africa. Ronaldo&Friends team includes: Danrlei, Dida, Cafú, Serginho, Réver, Junior Baiano, Roque Junior, Roberto Carlos, William, Lucas, Juninho Paulista, Zinho, Djalminha, Roger, Zico, Denilson, Ronaldo, Neymar, Leandro Damião, Bebeto, CacáFerrari, Romário, Edmundo, Paulinho, with Carlos Alberto Parreira as a coach. The following players are in Zidane&Friends squad: Vitor Baía, Juliano Belletti, Diego Cavalieri, Emerson, Fernando Hierro, Michel Salgado, Fernando Couto, Juan Pablo Sorin, Paolo Montero, Carlos Gamarra, Nakata, Zinedine Zidane, Deco, Santiago Solari, Fredrik Ljungberg, Riquelme, Christian Karembeu, Alexde Souza, Pedro Pauleta, Loco Abreu, Hulk, Falcão, Mário Jardel, with Luiz Felipe Scolari as a coach. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |