China’s Hou Yifan wins gold at Jermuk-hosted Fide Women’s Grand PrixJuly 30, 2012 - 12:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - China’s Hou Yifan won gold at Jermuk-hosted Fide Women’s Grand Prix. This has been the 2nd Grand Prix win for the Chinese chess player, to bring her a total of 320 points. At the tournament, Armenia’s Elina Danielian and Lilit Mkrtchian shared 8-9th places with 5 points. Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia) finished 2nd, followed by Ukraine’s Kateryna Lahno. 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 | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |