Danielian, Kovalevskaya tie Fide Women’s Grand Prix round 8July 26, 2012 - 15:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s Elina Danielian tied a game vs. Russia’s Ekaterina Kovalevskaya in Fide Women’s Grand Prix round 8. With 4 points she currently comes 7th. Meanwhile, Lilit Mkrtchian lost the game to Zhao Xue (China) to drop to the 9th place with 3,5 points. Ju Wenjun (China) shared points with Munguntuul Batkhuyag (Mongolia) to top the tournament standings with 5,5 points. China’s another representative Hou Yifan comes 2nd, followed by Kateryna Lahno (Ukraine) with 4,5 points. Danielian and Mkrtchian will face off against Russia’s Nadezhda Kosintseva and Wenjun respectively in round 9. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |