TURKEY, ARMENIA TO RECEIVE FIFA FAIR-PLAY AWARD
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.01.2009 17:56 GMT+04:00
World’s football governing body is set to donate its 2008 fair-play
prize to Turkish and Armenian national football teams for their
contributions to peace in a World Cup group stage match.
FIFA will present the international award at a ceremony on Monday in
Zurich, Switzerland, the Anatolian Agency reports.
Turkish President Abdullah Gul visited Yerevan on September 6, 2008
to watch the qualifier between Armenia and Turkey together with his
Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan.