Yerevan team wins Pan-Armenian Games futsal tournamentAugust 22, 2011 - 12:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The team from Yerevan won the futsal tournament of the 5th Pan-Armenian Games, defeating Bolshaya Neklinovka (Russia) 5:0 in the final match. Team from Buenos Aires finished second, followed by Tehran. “We have run out of energy, as we had to play two matches per day. But the most important thing for us was the atmosphere we felt in our homeland,” Bolshaya Neklinovka player Tigran Papikyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. Yerevan goalkeeper Harutyun Harutyunyan congratulated his team members on the 4th consecutive victory. The 5th Pan-Armenian Games held in Yerevan from August 14 to 21 brought together over 3000 sportsmen from 125 cities. 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 | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. |