Armenia improves position in FIFA world rankingsAugust 11, 2017 - 12:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's national football team climbed one spot to the 72nd place in FIFA's latest ranking of men's teams. Brazil still tops the list, followed by Germany and Argentina, with Switzerland, Poland, Portugal, Chile, Colombia, Belgium and France also making it to the top ten. Armenia's rivals in the qualifying round of the World Cup, Poland, Montenegro and Kazakhstan took the 5th, 52nd and 105th positions, respectively. 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. |