UEFA chief says travel will be tricky for fans at Euro 2020January 19, 2017 - 17:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin says fans will face "a challenge" when traveling between games at the 2020 European Championship, which will be spread across the continent, The Associated Press reports. The 2020 tournament will be held in 13 cities across Europe to mark its 60th anniversary, ranging from the Irish capital of Dublin in the west to the Azerbaijani city of Baku in the east. Ceferin, speaking at a ceremony in Russian host city St. Petersburg on Thursday, January 19, says "of course it's a challenge if fans have to travel thousands and thousands and thousands of kilometers across Europe." He says "it can be very interesting but it can be a big challenge even for a big organization such as UEFA. I think everything will be fine, I'm sure." 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |