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Dinamo defeats Reykjavik
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Dinamo, a Georgian football team beat Reykjavik, winning 2-0. The goals were made by Alberto Iague and Giorgi Kakhelishvili.
During the UEFA Europe League playoffs, Dinamo won five in six matches and lost only one play.
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Petriashvili becomes Europe’s best free-style wrestler
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Georgian Geno Petriashvili has become the European Champion in junior free-style wrestling, while Omar Gujidze won the silver medal and Shota Fartenadze took the bronze medal, ending up third in the Championship.
According to the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia, in the final match, Petriashvili competed against Azerbaijan’s Ruslan Gajiev and won with 2-0 and 2-0.
The junior free-style European Championship was held in Warsaw, Poland.
In total, Georgia took one gold, two silver and two bronze medals.
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Georgian youth basketball team succeeds in Bosnia
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The Georgian youth basketball team won The EuroBasket selective tournament held in Bosnia. According to the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia, in the final match, the Georgian team defeated the Estonian team by the score of 79-70.
In the semifinal, the Georgian team defeated the Czech team by the score of 74-72. The Georgian team has moved from division A, and will play against the best European teams in the next year. Georgia gained the victory in this championship for the first time.
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Georgian national football team downgraded to 57th position
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The Georgian national football team was ranked by FIFA-Coca Cola at 57th position.
In spring of this year, the team stood at 56th position in the FIFA/Coca-Cola rankings. According to the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia, in the Europe championship, the best result has Croatia at 9th position, while Greece is in the 13th position, Israel 32th and Latvia the 82th position.
The ten best teams are Spain, The Netherlands, Germany, Brazil, Uruguay, England, Portugal, Italy, Croatia and Argentina.
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Opposition forces demand Saakashvili’s impeachment
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Eight opposition parties together with Levan Gachechiladze, an opposition leader who was the main opposition candidate in January 5 of 2008 presidential election, signed a document demanding the impeachment of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili.
The signatory parties are the Labor Party, Democratic Movement, Georgian Party, Free Georgia, the movement Tetrebi (whites), the Green Party, the movement Justice for Georgia and the Social-Democratic Party.
“It is very clear that Saakashvili is the main evil for Georgia and so long as he has the power, the country will not progress,” Shalva Natelashvili, leader of Labor Party announced on August 8 at a press briefing. He added that they will wait until September of this year for other opposition political parties sign the document. He did not elaborate what their strategy is to accomplish the plan.
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Medvedev asks for ratification of military bases in Abkhazia and S. Ossetia
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Russian President Dmitri Medvedev asked the State Duma on August 8 to approve agreements with Sokhumi and Tskhinvali on terms of the functioning of Russian military bases in these two regions.
Russia signed military treaties with Abkhazia and South Ossetia; two internationally recognized territories belonging to Georgia last year, after it recognized the independence of the breakaway regions in 2008. The recognition, for its part, followed the 2008 August War with Georgia.
The treaties allow Russia to operate military bases Abkhazia and South Ossetia for an initial term of 49 years. The two agreements summarize the parties’ legal competence with regard to the bases.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry said on August 9 that Medvedev’s initiative is “another cynical step” by the Russian president.
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