Lionel Messi to organize summer friendly matchesApril 18, 2013 - 12:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Inter’s Antonio Cassano is one of a number of Serie A players who will take part in a variety of friendly matches organized by Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. The Lionel Messi and Friends initiative will see three games to take place in Colombia, Peru and the United States on June 29, July 2 and July 4 respectively. Money raised from the encounters will be donated to the Lionel MessiFoundation. Messi will play in a side that will contain Javier Mascherano, Emiliano Insua, Martin Demichelis, Pablo Aimar, Sergio Aguero and Inter’s Ricky Alvarez. Cassano, who named his son Lionel in honour of Messi, will feature in a team that will also include Roma’s Pablo Osvaldo, Milan duo Robinho and Bojan Krkic, Napoli’s Marek Hamsik and 2006 Italy World Cup winner Marco Materazzi. Fabio Capello and Zico will be in charge of the sides, football-italia.net reported. 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. |