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Henrikh Mkhitaryan receives player of the year award for the seventh time

March 24, 2017 by administrator

Armenian national team captain and Manchester United’s midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan received the Armenian Player of the Year award for the seventh time and the sixth year in a row.

The official award-giving ceremony was held on Friday at the country’s Football Federation technical center. To note, this year Mkhitaryan has won the prize leaving behind the second-placed Gevorg Ghazaryan of Maritimo and third-placed Marcos Pizelli of Al-Fujeira.

Meanwhile, Vardan Bichakhchyan won the Best Coach 2016 prize

To remind, Mkhitaryan arrived in Armenia for an international break to participate in the match against Kazakhstan in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification round. The match against Kazakhstan is scheduled at 20:00, March 26 at Vazgen Sargsyan “Republican” stadium.

Andre Speight Mkrtchyan named best player FIBA European Championship

July 4, 2016 by administrator

Armenian basketball player Andre Speight Mkrtchyan was named the best player of 2016 FIBA European Championship For Small Countries, the country’s Basketball Federation said in a Facebook post.

Armenia’s national basketball team on Sunday, July 3 won the championship. With a score of 79:71, the men’s team defeated current champion Andorra in all the four quarters.

Armenians were participating in the tournament for the first time, with Mkrtchyan claiming the title of the best player of the match.

The country thus won the opportunity to participate in the qualifying campaign of the European Championship finals.

Azerbaijani Soccer Player Jailed In High-Profile Journalist Killing Case

June 2, 2016 by administrator

Azerbaijani midfielder Cavid Huseynov plays in the Euro 2016 qualifying match against Croatia in Osijek on October 14, 2014.

By RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani Service

May 31, 2016

BAKU — A top Azerbaijani soccer player has been sentenced to four years in jail in connection with the high-profile beating death of a journalist.

A district court in Baku on May 31 found Cavid Huseynov guilty of failing to warn authorities of the planned attack on Rasim Aliyev.

The court then sentenced Huseynov, who plays for Qabala FK and has represented Azerbaijan as well.

Huseynov has denied any wrongdoing.

Aliyev, 30, died in a Baku hospital on August 9, 2015, after being beaten the previous day.

The journalist said while in hospital that he was attacked by Huseynov’s supporters in retaliation for criticism of Huseynov that Aliyev posted on his Facebook page.

Huseynov was not among the attackers.

In April, five men were found guilty of beating Aliyev to death. They were sentenced to prison terms ranging from nine to 13 years.

SOCCER-GERMANY Henrikh Mkhitaryan voted best player in the Bundesliga by Kicker magazine

May 25, 2016 by administrator

The Armenian international Henrikh Mkhitaryan attacking midfielder Borussia Dortmund was named Player of the Bundesliga this season, according to a survey by the German newspaper Kicker. With the participation of 235 football fans, the vote Henrikh Mkhitaryan named best player with 31.1% of votes. The Polish Bayern Munich striker, Robert Levandovski is second with 22.1% and Thomas Muller is third with 13.6%. The attacker Borussia Dortmund, the Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is fourth with 13.2% of votes. During the past season, in all competitions, Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored 23 goals and 32 assists realized.

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Armenian, Henrikh Mkhitaryan among Europe’s top five football players

February 29, 2016 by administrator

Henrikh Mkhitaryan is among the five best football players of Europe, according to Whoscored.com.

After a goal and an assist in the game against Hoffenheim, the Armenian footballer’s rating has gone up to 7.98, surpassing that of Luis Suárez (7.96), who currently plays for FC Barcelona.

Neymar (8.52), Lionel Messi (8.32), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (8.17), Gareth Bale (8.14) also made it to the list of top five European players.