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SPORT DIGEST: A ROUNDUP OF ARMENIANS IN COMPETITION

By Suren Musayelyan
ArmeniaNow Reporter

FOOTBALL

CHAMPION STUMBLES: In Day 3 of Armenia’s national football championship
Yerevan’s Pyunik lost their first points as they were held to a
1-1 draw by Abovyan’s Esteghlal Kotayk. Meanwhile, Yerevan’s Ararat
registered their first win beating Dynamo Zenit 1-0.

Yerevan’s Kilikia beat Lernayin Artsakh 1-0 and another club from
the capital, Banants, defeated Gyumri’s Shirak with the same score.

In Round 4 of the championship that began on Thursday, Pyunik beat
Lernayin Artsakh 2-0 and Shirak defeated Kilikia 3- 1.

Esteghlal-Kotayk v Dynamo Zenit and Mika v Lernagorts will be held
later today (Friday).

After winning Lernayin Artsakh, Pyunik top the Premier League with 10
points, followed by Banants with 9 points (after 3 matches). Kilikia
are 3rd with 7 points.

U-19’S IN TRAINING: Armenia’s Under 19 national team, who are to
participate in the U-19 European championship’s second qualifying
round, have been in training for the event since May 2. The training
assembly will end on May 9. The team’s head coach Samvel Petrosyan had
invited 20 players for the assembly – mainly footballers representing
Yerevan’s Pyunik. Among the invitees playing for or signed with
foreign clubs are also two talented youths – Edgar Manucharyan from
Ajax (Holland) and Zhorik Hovhannisyan from Olympiacos (Greece).

Armenia’s U-19 will participate in the event from May 27 to 30 in
Hungary, where they will compete with their coevals from Italy,
Hungary and Belgium.

(Source: the Football Federation of Armenia).

CHESS

After six rounds of Armenia’s chess championships in which 12
chess-players are taking part the first place is shared by four:
Ashot Anastasyan, Gabriel Sargsyan, Karen Asryan and Levon Babujyan –
all with 4 points. Arsen Yeghiazaryan, who finished Day 6 in the fifth
position, is only half a point behind the top four. The championships
are still continuing. The top five chess-players decided by the
tournament will represent Armenia in the European championships in
Poland in June. (Sources: A1 Plus and the Chess Federation of Armenia)

BOXING

Hovhannes Danielyan (48 kg) from Yerevan, beating all his
four opponents, clinched the winner’s title in the “Donbas Cup”
international youth boxing tournament in Donetsk, Ukraine. Another
boxer representing Armenia, Myasnik Sargsyan (85 kg) from Echmiadzin,
reached the semifinal stage and eventually claimed the bronze. More
than 100 boxers representing 15 countries participated in the
tournament.

Besides Danielyan and Sargsyan, four boxers representing Armenia
participated in the Donetsk tournament. But all of them lost their
fights still in the qualifying rounds. (Source: Armenpress)

CYCLING

Suren Petrosyan from Yerevan has become a winner of a cycling
tournament among youths organized by the Cycling Federation of
Armenia, Armenpress news agency reports. Junior cyclists from all
regions of Armenia participated in this tournament. First cyclists
were contesting to decide winners of each region and then the final
stage took place in Yerevan on May 5.

TENNIS

According the latest ATP rankings, American-Armenian tennis player
Andre Agassi is now 8th, while Argentine-Armenian David Nalbandian
is 16th.