The World Weightlifting Championships will be taking place from October 16-27 in Wroclaw, Poland. Smbat Margaryan (56 kg), Vanik Avetisyan (69 kg), Ruben Aleksanyan (105+ kg) and Hayk Hakobyan (105+ kg) round out the group.
The No. 1 contender for the IBF light heavyweight title, Murat will make history should he defeat Hopkins for his title.
David Nalbandian has retired from professional tennis due to a shoulder injury. The 31-year-old Argentine-Armenian, a Wimbledon runner-up in 2002.
Competing in the AIBA Women’s Junior/Youth World Championships, Anush Grigoryan captured a silver medal after falling to Chinese Taipei's Chu Ju Chieh. Ani Hovsepyan won a bronze medal in the bantamweight class (54kg).
Kickboxer Armen Petrosyan victorious in Italy
Chess Grandmaster Karen Grigoryan wins bronze in Montenegro
Manukyan and Asaturov power Armenia to gold medals
Arsen Julfalakyan wins bronze at World Championships
Sauerland Event has announced Arthur Abraham will fight an opponent to be determined on Oct. 26 at the EWE Arena in Oldenburg.
Armenia’s Davit Safaryan took home the 66 kg World Championship of Freestyle Wrestling when he defeated Cuba’s Livan Lopez in Budapest. The 24 year-old Safaryan beat Lopez 3-1.
The legendary coach led the UNLV Runnin' Rebel basketball team to the national title in 1990, and overall, took three schools to the NCAA tournament.
Armenia stunned the Czech Republic 2-1 in Prague when Gevorg Ghazaryan concluded a swift counterattack for the game-winning winner in added time.
Jerry Tarkanian will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., on Sept. 8.