 Lionel Messi to organize summer friendly matches April 18, 2013 - 12:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Inter’s Antonio Cassano is one of a number of Serie A players who will take part in a variety of friendly matches organized by Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. The Lionel Messi and Friends initiative will see three games to take place in Colombia, Peru and the United States on June 29, July 2 and July 4 respectively. Money raised from the encounters will be donated to the Lionel MessiFoundation. Messi will play in a side that will contain Javier Mascherano, Emiliano Insua, Martin Demichelis, Pablo Aimar, Sergio Aguero and Inter’s Ricky Alvarez. Cassano, who named his son Lionel in honour of Messi, will feature in a team that will also include Roma’s Pablo Osvaldo, Milan duo Robinho and Bojan Krkic, Napoli’s Marek Hamsik and 2006 Italy World Cup winner Marco Materazzi. Fabio Capello and Zico will be in charge of the sides, football-italia.net reported.   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 |  Latest news Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia  Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia.Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports.Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation.Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. |
