UEFA Ruling Puts Armenia Back in Euro 2016 Mix

UEFA issued the following ruling following the fallout from the Albania/Serbia game last week:


UEFA Ruling


This puts Armenia right back in the mix of things, but Armenia needs to come away with at least a couple of wins in its next few qualifiers to have a legitimate shot at France 2016:


Euro 2016 Standings

BREAKING: Albania/Serbia Fallout Impact on Euro 2016 Qualifying

Following the disturbing turn of events yesterday in the Euro 2016 qualifying match between Albania and Serbia, where the game had to be suspended at the 45th minute, UEFA has just issued the following ruling:




UEFA Ruling




This could have a huge impact on Armenia's hopes of qualifying for France.


We are keeping out eyes on these developments.

LIVE: Armenia Euro 2016 Qualifying Game 1 vs. Denmark

Follow the action live one espn3.com, as Armenia begins its journey for France 2016 Euro qualifying:

Watch Armenia v. Denmark

Armenians in the World Cup: Andranik Teymourian

As for our other Diasporan Armenian in the World Cup, we turn to none other than Andranik Teymourian *. This is his second World Cup appearance for Iran, and in spite of some reports which were circulating last week he would even be wearing the captain's armband, Nekounam is instead.











Andranik got his early footing at Ararat Teheran, eventually reaching new heights by playing for the Bolton Wanderers and Fulham of the EPL.




Here is some footage of Iran's superstar!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXqMGjLQG-Q


Good luck to Ando!!!


*FIFA's website has Andranik listed as Timotian, which we believe is his family name.

Armenians in the World Cup: Matteo Darmian

Until Armenia hopefully qualifies for Russia 2018, we will be represented in the World Cup via Diasporans. Today, we feature our first player, Matteo Darmian, who is on team Italy!














Here is a link to his FIFA player profile!




Matteo Darmian

Sochi 2014: Arman Serebrakian 42nd in Giant Slalom

As the rest of the U.S. rightfully watches Ted Ligety dominate the Men's Giant Slalom, WASB had its eyes trained on Arman Serebrakian around 1:00 a.m. Western United States time!

Due to intense IOC restrictions, WASB cannot upload a video of Arman's first run, which saw him finish 54th of 109 skiers. In his second run, he improved his time by about 3 seconds to finish 42nd overall. Again, even though WASB's video cannot be uploaded, it must have been an amazing feeling when Arman crossed the finish line to cheers from a strong Armenian contingency in Sochi, leading the BBC announcer to exclaim, "He's getting warmly welcomed in the foot of the course!"

Congratulations to Arman, he represented Armenia with utmost pride!

Winter Olympics Special: Team Armenia (Part 4)

Our fourth and final athlete is the only Diasporan of the team: Arman Serebrakian. Arman hails from Novato, CA (near San Francisco). Here is a great link from Team Armenia's official Sochi 2014 page giving us some background on Arman:

Arman Background

He will be competing in the slalom and giant slalom. Arman even has a website, where donations are welcome to support him in his journey to Sochi. At the time of this post, he has already raied $51,000 USD!

Here is the link to Arman's fundraising website:

http://armanserebrakian.com/

Here is Arman:

And here is a link to a video with Arman:

Arman Video

GOOD LUCK TO ARMAN AND THE ENTIRE TEAM ARMENIA!!!

Winter Olympics Special: Team Armenia (Part 3)

Artur Yeghoyan is Armenia's third athlete in the Sochi 2014 Olympics.

He will be also be competing in the 15 km classical, 30 km skiathlon, and 50 km freestyle. He is coached by Artur Mikayelyan (who serves double duty as teammate Sergey Mikayelyan's coach/father).

Here again is the link to Armenia's Sochi 2014 team page:

Sochi 2014 Team Armenia

GOOD LUCK TO ARTUR!!!!
 

Winter Olympic Special: Team Armenia (Part 2)

Tonight's athlete, Katya Galstyan, is the only female competitor for Armenia in this year's Sochi Olympics. She will be competing in the women's 10 km classical. Katya hails from Gyumri, Armenia, and is coached by Slava Sargsyan.

Here is Katya in action:

Here is the link to Armenia's page on the official Sochi 2014 website:

Sochi 2014 Team Armenia

Good luck to Katya!!!

Winter Olympic Special: Team Armenia

Armenia will be competing in its 6th Winter Olympics since independence, and it will be sending delegation of four athletes in two sports: alpine and cross country-skiing.

Here is the official Sochi 2014 link to team Armenia:

2014 Sochi Olympics: Team Armenia

Tonight, we feature our first athlete, Sergey Mikayelyan, who will be competing in the men's 15 km classical, 30 km skiathlon, and 50 km freestyle.

Sergey was born in 1992, and even represented Armenia in the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.

GOOD LUCK TO SERGEY!!!