Armenia ranked 2nd at U16 Basketball European ChampionshipJuly 27, 2015 - 16:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia was ranked second at basketball U16 European Championship Women Division C, with an emphatic 76-39 loss to Iceland in the gold-medal match, FIBA Europe reports. Armenia was led by Mane Hokhoyan's double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds. Inga Manucharyan was held to just one field goal in the final, although her strong performances throughout the week led to her being named alongside Karlsdóttir and Hodge-Carr on the All-Star Five. The tournament Fair Play Award was presented to Armenia for extraordinary sportsmanship behavior on the court. 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. |