Some 64 cars began the race at the historic Spa-Francorchamps circuit but only 35 finished the challenging feat. Demirdjian and his Ferrari AF Corse teammates Nicolas Minassian, Davide Rizzo, and Toni Vilander came in 3rd place, a major achievement in the racing world.
From 2012 to 2014, Aronian was often ranked second in the world; most people in chess expected him to challenge Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, the three-time, and current, world champion. But when Aronian performed badly at the 2014 Candidates Tournament, the event that chooses who will face off against the reigning world champion, it seemed to spark a decline. Last year he performed erratically, falling well below the mark required to face Carlsen for the world title in New York last November. A month after the Candidates Tournament, I met up with Aronian at a hotel in London. He had just competed at the London Chess Classic, drawing six matches and losing two, placing eighth out of ten entrants. It was cold and gray, and Aronian was tired.
Officials from the Spanish Ministry of Finance (GESTHA) have supported the Tax Agency’s claim that Cristiano Ronaldo failed to pay millions in tax between 2011 and 2013.
Captain of Armenia’s national football team and midfielder of Manchester United Henrikh Mkhitaryan dedicated the victory of Manchester United in the Europa League final to all Armenians. “So so so happy with our win tonight! I dedicate this trophy to my family, Manchester & all Armenians!” Mkhitaryan tweeted.
“*That day you told me you would one day win the Cup too…you deserve it my friend!!!!Congratulations Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Bravo Manchester United,” Djorkaeff tweeted, posting a photo of him and the young Mkhitaryan, when the Armenian international had told Djorkaeff we will one day win the Cup.
“I am thankful to my teammates because I’ve scored so many goals due to them. I am happy that I scored a goal in the final. After the Celta match I was dreaming every day about scoring a goal in the final.”
Manchester United claimed their second major trophy of the season and secured Champions League football as they overcame Ajax to win the Europa League final in Stockholm, BBC reports.
Spain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by Barcelona football star Lionel Messi and stood by a Catalan regional court’s 21-month prison sentence for tax fraud, court documents showed, Reuters reports.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan would be forgiven for not wanting to take his work home with him. His first season in the Premier League has, after all, been a demanding one, enough to make anyone cherish any chance at all to switch off.
Armenia’s Sambo team captured 8 medals in the European Championship. Grigor Mkhitaryan won silver, while Harutyun Sargsyan, Kolya Karapetyan and Edgar Mehrabyan won bronze in Combat Sambo.
