14:58 31/07/2010

Liverpool weighing up a £10 million offer for Steven Defour

Liverpool are aiming to beat Manchester United to the signing of Standard Liege midfielder Steven Defour, viewing him as a potential replacement for Javier Mascherano.   Red's manager Roy Hodgson was set to watch Defour in Belgium on Friday evening and is weighing up a £10 million offer for the midfielder, who is also believed to be on Sir Alex Ferguson's shortlist, according to foreign media. With the Argentine’s probable departure to Inter this summer, Hodgson is ...

16:46 29/07/2010

Armenian GM Levon Aronian fourth among strongest

FIDE has issued the top list of the world’s strongest chess-players. Armenian GM Levon Aronian is fourth with 2783. Herewith are the top 10 players as of 29 July, 2010. 1. Carlsen Magnus 2826,0 2. Topalov Veselin 2803,0 3. Anand Viswanathan 2800,0 4. Aronian Levon 2783,0 5. Kramnik Vladimir 2780,2 6. Grischuk Alexander 2760,0 7. Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2755,8 8. Eljanov Pavel 2755,0 9. Ivanchuk Vassily 2754,0 10. Shirov Alexei 2749,0 12. Radjabov Teimour 2748,0 ...

16:35 29/07/2010

Tatev Abrahamyan fulfills Grandmaster's norm

Tatev Abrahamyan has fulfilled Women's Grandmaster's norm in the US Women's Championship which was held in Saint Louis. Armenian chess player has also been awarded the "Fighting Spirit Award" by World Women's Champion GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, Armenian chess federation reported.

14:37 29/07/2010

Diego Maradona says Grondona 'lied' to him, Bilardo 'betrayed' him

Diego Maradona says he was lied to and betrayed by Argentina soccer officials who decided not to renew his contract as coach of the national team. The former superstar whose team was beaten by Germany in a quarterfinal, said national team director Carlos Bilardo and association president Julio Grondona worked to get rid of him. "They called me to put out a fire, and we put it out," Maradona said. "Grondona lied to me. Bilardo betrayed me. While we were still in ...

16:49 27/07/2010

Armenian chess players in Balaguer open

GM Zaven Andriasian has scored 5,5 points out of 8 before the last round of the open which is being held in Balaguer, Spain. Andriasian is one point behind the leader, GM Vocaturo (Italy). GM Hrant Melkumyan has scored 5 points, Armenian chess federation reported.  

15:23 27/07/2010

Chess: Tigran Nalbandian wins Dortmund open

Armenian GM Tigran Nalbandian won in the open, held in Dortmund, Germany. Nalbandian scored 7 points out of 9 - as much as IMs Genrichs, (Germany) and M. Zaitsev (Russia) but was ahead of them in the tie-break. 92 chess players participated in the tournament.

15:11 27/07/2010

Youri Djorkaeff to coach soccer team of Armenia?

The FIFA World Cup champion of 1998 Youri Djorkaeff said in an interview with the French magazine Francefootball.fr he would like to coach the national soccer team of Armenia. Youri Djorkaeff said he has not had any official offer from the Football Federation of Armenia, "but if I were offered one day to be the coach of Armenia, I would think about it," he said. "My father Jean has been the coach of the Armenian National Soccer Team. It would be nice if I am one day, ...

17:09 26/07/2010

Froch makes fight with Abraham a war

  Carl Froch has still vowed to go to war with Arthur Abraham in the third state of the Super Six Boxing Classic on October 2 in Monaco. Froch plans to make it a war, like his recent decision loss to Mikkel Kessler in the second stage of the Super Six. He doesn't want the fight to end up like his close points win over Andre Dirrell, which took place in the first stage. Froch says he won't allow Abraham to use his tight defense to coast rounds. He is going to put a lot of ...

15:57 26/07/2010

Boxing: Vanes Martirosyan to defend title vs. Miguel Cotto

A push is being made to give undefeated Vanes Martirosyan (28-0, 17KOs) a shot at Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28KOs) and his WBA title, Boxingscene reported. This would be Martirosyan's first world title and Miguel Cotto's first title defense at 154 pounds. It’s been rumored that Martirosyan’s trainer Freddie Roach really likes the matchup for his fighter and has been pushing to get the fight made. Top Rank wants Kotto return in winter and and may have him lined up in 2011 for the ...

14:11 26/07/2010

Levon Aronian to defend title of World Rapid Chess Champion

Levon Aronian will defend the title of the World Rapid Chess Champion, which he attained in Mainz, Germany in 2009, in the open tournament which is to be held in Mainz August 7-8, 2010. 11 rounds will be played in the Swiss system tournament which is to have hundreds of chess players, including tens of famous Grandmasters. In each game the participants will have 20 minutes, plus 5 seconds for each move.  

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