  Ronaldo, Zidane name squads in UNDP Match Against Poverty December 17, 2012 - 16:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Forty international football players will join UNDP Goodwill Ambassadors and football legends Ronaldo and Zinédine Zidane at the tenth annual Match Against Poverty, held this year in Porto Alegre, Brazil, UNDP official website reported. The friendly football match on December 19 has been organized to raise awareness of global development challenges and funds through ticket sales, sponsorship and broadcast rights to support projects to help reduce poverty in Brazil and Africa. Ronaldo&Friends team includes: Danrlei, Dida, Cafú, Serginho, Réver, Junior Baiano, Roque Junior, Roberto Carlos, William, Lucas, Juninho Paulista, Zinho, Djalminha, Roger, Zico, Denilson, Ronaldo, Neymar, Leandro Damião, Bebeto, CacáFerrari, Romário, Edmundo, Paulinho, with Carlos Alberto Parreira as a coach. The following players are in Zidane&Friends squad: Vitor Baía, Juliano Belletti, Diego Cavalieri, Emerson, Fernando Hierro, Michel Salgado, Fernando Couto, Juan Pablo Sorin, Paolo Montero, Carlos Gamarra, Nakata, Zinedine Zidane, Deco, Santiago Solari, Fredrik Ljungberg, Riquelme, Christian Karembeu, Alexde Souza, Pedro Pauleta, Loco Abreu, Hulk, Falcão, Mário Jardel, with Luiz Felipe Scolari as a coach.   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. |
