On April 10-13 in Odessa a mini-football tournament was held among the journalistic
teams of CIS countries. In the competitions, devoted to the 60th anniversary
of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, six teams took part – from Yerevan,
Volgograd, Minsk, Nikolaev and the hosts of the tournament, represented by two
teams. The gold winner was Odessa-1 team, the silver was gained by Volgograd
team, and the bronze was taken by the Armenian team, having three victories
and two defeats. This is not the first success of Armenian journalists in similar
competitions. In 2002 in Yerevan the Armenian team was the champion, and in
2001 – the bronze winner in Moldova.
