Turkey, Armenia to receive FIFA fair-play award

PanARMENIAN.Net - World's football governing body is set to donate its 2008 fair-play prize to Turkish and Armenian national football teams for their contributions to peace in a World Cup group stage match.



FIFA will present the international award at a ceremony on Monday in Zurich, Switzerland, the Anatolian Agency reports.



Turkish President Abdullah Gul visited Yerevan on September 6, 2008 to watch the qualifier between Armenia and Turkey together with his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan.
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