Archive for May 9th, 2010
In Tiny Armenia, Thinking Man’s Sport is King and Grandmasters Are Stars
Yerevan, Armenia. With matches dissected on the nightly news, its masters treated as sports stars and victories celebrated like national holidays, chess is the king of games in Armenia. Tiny, isolated and impoverished, ex-Soviet Armenia has emerged as a superpower in the chess world, storming [...]
Hard to be humble for fans of boxing
One of the most impressive achievements by a young Irish sportsman in recent times was the gold medal achieved in last year's World Junior (under 17) boxing championships in Armenia by Moate light-middleweight Joe Ward. Ward stopped three out of his four opponents, including a Russian and a Kazakh, [...]
With liberation of Shushi spirit and confidence of Armenian people restored: NKR President
NKR President Bako Sahakyan congratulated the nation on the occasion of the Victory Holiday, the Day of the NKR Defense Army and the Liberation of Shushi. “Dear compatriots, Respected veterans of the Great Patriotic and Artsakh Liberation Wars, Soldiers, officers and generals of the Artsakh [...]