‘Sport’ Archives
Armenia weightlifting coach dies at 51
Armenia weightlifting coach Ashot Mkhitaryan, 51, died of a heart attack in Zvartnots International Airport on May 23, when welcoming the youth weightlifting team returning from Valencia after the European Championships. Mkhitaryan had trained the national team since 2006. Under his guidance, [...]
Azeri delegation disallows its weightlifter from participating in award ceremony
Armenia’s Vladik Karapetyan (w.c. 62kg) won gold at the European Youth Weightlifting Championships in Valencia. Karapetyan lifted 253kg in the snatch, clean and jerk combination, taking the lead over the Azerbaijani and Turkish weightlifters – Firudin Guliyev and Emre Buyukunlu. After [...]
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, [...]
Armenia’s first defeat in Baku
World Youth Boxing Championship started today in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku. Armenian boxer Karen Tonakanyan (57 kg) dropped out of the championship after losing to Henry Thomas of England. Three other Armenian boxers are expected to compete today. Koryun Soghomonyan (48kg), Hovhannes [...]
Arthur Abraham vs. Froch fight set for August 21
Arthur Abraham's third fight in Showtime's Super Six Boxing Classic will come against WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch on August 21 in Nottingham, England. Froch has yet to complete his second stage fight, which takes place on April 24 in Denmark against Abraham's stablemate Mikkel [...]
International boxing tournament in Yerevan
International boxing tournament organized by National Olympic Committee President Gagik Tsarukyan will be held in Yerevan starting April 6 under the auspices of Armenian Boxing Federation. The tournament is included in the 2010 Calendar of European Union Boxing Confederation (EUBC). Sportsmen [...]
Darchinyan signed contract for Donaire rematch
Darchinyan’s promoter Gary Shaw announced that Current WBA, WBC unified Super Flyweight World Champion Vic Darchinyan signed a deal to fight a rematch with WBA Interim World Super Flyweight Champion Nonito Donaire. The bout will be held at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California on August [...]
Dirrell vs Abraham : Analysis
By Liam Fitzgerald: I know it’s a bit later but having watched the 2nd round match of the Super Six Boxing Classic between Andre Dirrell and Arthur Abraham, I feel compelled to analyze the bout. In my opinion, it was the most intriguing fight in the tournament up to now and it was unfortunate [...]
Darchinyan-Donaire rematch?
By Ray Wheatley — World of Boxing WBC/WBA super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan (34-2-1, 27 KOs) looks set to clash with Nonito Donaire (23-1, 15 KOs) on August 21 in Los Angeles. Darchinyan lost his IBF and IBO flyweight titles to Donaire in a stunning fifth-round stoppage in July 2007 and [...]
