Culture & sport

Orlando City's Harvi Sarajyan to play for Armenia's national team

Culture & sport. Photo: sportaran.com, cropped
Photo: sportaran.com, cropped

Harvi Sarajyan, a 21-year-old footballer with MLS club Orlando City, has decided to play for Armenia's national team, the Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) said. According to the FFA, a role in the decision was played by Yura Movsisyan, the FFA's ambassador in North America and a former national team striker, who met the footballer in Orlando. Sarajyan was born in 2005 in Florida; his father and grandfather are Armenian.

Coverage timeline

First to report: Factor10:07Balanced

Pro-government 3 / 6 First: Armenpress, 37 min later
Balanced 7 / 14 First: Factor, 10:07
Opposition 8 / 21 First: Panorama, 9 min later
Timeline as a list
  1. Factor (Balanced)
  2. Panorama (Opposition)
  3. Tert.am (Opposition)
  4. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  5. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  6. Aravot (Balanced)
  7. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  8. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  9. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  10. Azatutyun (RFE/RL) (Balanced)
  11. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)
  12. Hraparak (Opposition)
  13. 1in.am (Balanced)
  14. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  15. 24news.am (Opposition)
  16. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  17. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  18. Alphanews.am (Opposition)

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