Sports

Karen Demirchyan Complex Hrazdan Stadium

The most played and popular sport in Yerevan is football. Yerevan has many football clubs with five in the 2012 season of the Armenian Premier League: FC Ararat Yerevan, FC Banants, FC Mika, FC Pyunik, Ulisses FC

Yerevan has many football stadiums including Banants Stadium, Nairi Stadium, Mika Stadium, Republican Stadium and Hrazdan Stadium, with Hrazdan being the largest one.

The largest indoor arena in the city and the entire country is the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex, mostly used for hockey matches, figure skating shows and concerts. Dinamo, Kilikia and Mika sport arenas are home to basketball, volleyball, handball and footsal domestic and international matches.

Armenia has always excelled in chess with its players being very often among the highest ranked and decorated. The headquarters of the Armenian Chess Federation; the Yerevan Chess House, is located in the Kentron of Yerevan. The city is home to a large number of chess clubs. In 1996, despite a severe economic crisis, Yerevan hosted the 32nd Chess Olympiad. In 2006, the four members from Yerevan of the Armenian chess team won the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin and repeated the feat at the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden. Armenian won the chess Olympiad for the 3rd time in 2012 in Istanbul. The Yerevan-born leader of the chess national team; Levon Aronian, is one of the top chess players in the world.

Yerevan Velodrome; one of the newest sport structures in the city, is an international-standard outdoor track cycling venue opened in 2011. The city is also home to a large equestrian complex named after Hovik Hayrapetyan.

International relations

The city of Yerevan is member of many international organizations: the "International Assembly of CIS Countries' Capitals and Big Cities" (MAG), the "Black Sea Capitals' Association" (BSCA), the "International Association of Francophone Mayors" (AIMF), the "Organization of World Heritage Cities" (OWHC), the "International Association of Large-scale Communities" and the "International Urban Community Lighting Association" (LUCI).

Yerevan is twinned with 18 cities:

Carrara, Italy, since 1965 Antananarivo, Madagascar, since 1981 Cambridge, MA, United States, since 1987 Marseille, France, since 1992 Isfahan, Iran, since 1995 Odessa, Ukraine, since 1995 Tbilisi, Georgia, since 1996 Beirut, Lebanon, since 1997 Damascus, Syria, since 1997 Montreal, Canada, since 1998 Buenos Aires, Argentina, since 2000 Bratislava, Slovakia, since 2001 São Paulo, Brazil, since 2002 Chişinău, Moldova, since 2005 Rostov-on-Don, Russia, since 2005 Los Angeles, United States, since 2007 Nice, France, since 2007 Venice, Italy, since 2011

Yerevan has a partnership agreement with 17 cities:

Podgorica, Montenegro, since 1974 Athens, Greece, since 1993 Lyon, France, since 1993 Stavropol, Russia, since 1994 Kiev, Ukraine, since 1995 Moscow, Russia, since 1995 Florence, Italy, since 1996 Saint Petersburg, Russia, since 1997 Volgograd, Russia, since 1998 Minsk, Belarus, since 2002 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, since 2007 Delhi, India, since 2008 Sofia, Bulgaria, since 2008 Shanghai, China, since 2009 Kaliningrad, Russia, since 2009 Paris, France, since 2011 Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (de jure Azerbaijan), since 2012

Notable natives and residents

Born in Yerevan Voskan Yerevantsi (17th century), printer Simeon of Yerevan (1710-1780), Catholicos of All Armenians Khachatur Abovian (1809-1848), writer Mammad agha Shahtakhtinski (1846-1931), Azerbaijani linguist Silva Kaputikyan (1919-2006), poet Arno Babajanian (1921-1983), Soviet composer Karen Demirchyan (1932-1999), Soviet and Armenian politician Armen Dzhigarkhanyan (b. 1935), actor Arthur Meschian (b. 1949), composer and architect Harout Pamboukjian (b. 1950), contemporary singer Ruben Hakhverdyan (b. 1950), contemporary poet and singer Khoren Hovhannisyan (b. 1955), football player Tata Simonyan (b. 1962), pop singer Nersik Ispiryan (b. 1963), folk singer Vahram Sahakian (b 1964), dramatist Garik Martirosyan (b. 1974), Russian-based comedian Shavo Odadjian (b. 1974), member of the System of a Down Armenchik (b. 1980), US-based pop singer Arthur Abraham (b. 1980), boxer, world champion Levon Aronian (b. 1982), chess player Sirusho (b. 1987), contemporary singer Henrikh Mkhitaryan (b. 1989), football player Residents Avetik Isahakyan (1875-1957), writer Martiros Saryan (1880-1972), painter Viktor Hambardzumyan (1908-1996), astrophysicist Djivan Gasparyan (b. 1928), composer Tigran Mansurian (b. 1939), Grammy nominated composer Gevorg Emin (1918-1998), writer

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