The Armenian men’s national soccer team grabbed the world’s attention in late March after winning three consecutive matches against Liechtenstein, Iceland and Romania to kick off 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Less than two weeks […]
As Armenians around the world try to pick up the pieces from their devastating losses in the Artsakh War, the Armenian national soccer team is offering a glimmer of hope with its performances during the […]
Arman Tsarukyan’s rise in the MMA ranks continues after another strong showing over the weekend. The Armenian from Akhalkalaki, Georgia delivered an absolutely dominant performance on Sunday morning at UFC 257 in Abu Dhabi, defeating […]
Cam Newton was pacing the SoFi Stadium sideline flashing his megawatt smile and waiting for the clock to run out when Berj Najarian, the team’s director of football and head coach administration, called on the […]
Hoops 4 Hayastan, a sports-focused non-profit organization founded in 2017 by two Armenian American members of that year’s Armenian National Basketball team, just wrapped up its biggest fundraiser, successfully raising about $50,000 last weekend. The […]
For the first time in his life, Edmen Shahbazyan has experienced the sour taste of defeat. The young middleweight fighter’s quest to become the youngest UFC champion ever took a hit on Saturday night after […]
It has been almost two years since Edmen Shahbazyan stepped into Las Vegas’ UFC Training Center to impress UFC president Dana White for a contract with mixed-martial art’s most lucrative promotion. On that sweltering July […]
Michael Hagopian was born to play basketball. “My dad put a ball in my hands when I was really young,” he fondly recalled during an interview with the Armenian Weekly late last summer. “They had […]
NEW YORK, NY—Ara Gevorgyan’s instrumental folk song “Artsakh” was blaring from the speakers of historic Madison Square Garden in New York City as 21-year-old Edmen Shahbazyan made his walk to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) […]
Armenia’s equestrian community is slowly drawing international attention with its top-notch coaches and athletes all training in state-of-the-art equestrian centers. At the pinnacle of this ever-growing equine community is the Hovik Hayrapetyan Equestrian Center. The […]
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