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MONACO: Stefanos Tsitsipas crushed Andrey Rublev 6-3, 6-3 on Sunday in a one-sided final in the Monte Carlo Open for his first Masters 1000 title. The Greek 22-year-old world No 5 took one hour and...

CHENNAI: Glenn Maxwell and AB de Villiers hit whirlwind half-centuries to set up a third successive win for Royal Challengers Bangalore as they thrashed Kolkata Knight Riders by 38 runs in the Indian...

CHENNAI: Champions Mumbai Indians inflicted a third straight defeat on David Warner’s Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday to go to the top of the Indian Premier League. Quinton de Kock hit 40 and...

MADRID: Lionel Messi scored twice, including a stunning solo goal, as Barcelona blew away Athletic Bilbao to win the Copa del Rey on Saturday, consigning their opponents to a second final defeat in...

MILAN: AC Milan secured a first home Serie A win for over two months with a nervy 2-1 victory over Genoa on Sunday to boost their hopes of a top-four finish. Without suspended top scorer Zlatan...

BY Nuzhat Abdulrasheed - For my husband and me, 2019 was the first time we celebrated Ramadhan together since we got married. Marking a milestone, we made it special and memorable. We both shopped...

Every spring, roses bloom in the western Saudi city of Taif, turning pockets of the kingdom’s vast desert landscape a vivid and fragrant pink. In April, they are harvested for the essential oil...

BUENOS AIRES: Maxi Bagnasco says he knows Diego Maradona’s features by heart after painting portraits of the soccer star almost daily since the Argentine World Cup winner died last November. The...

Islamabad: To master the art of Quran recitation, 21-year-old Hassan Ali Kasi had to follow a strict regime of yoga, hours of rehearsing vocal scales — and a total ban on biryani. His...

Key goal: 18 public and private sector organisations join hands to support strategic initiative Eighteen Omani public and private sector organisations have come together to join hands with the...

The Board of Directors of Muscat University has announced the appointment of Professor Khamis bin Hamad al Yahyai as Vice-Chancellor of the University. Dr Jumaa bin Ali al Jumaa, Chairman of the...

High impact: Digital Cooperation Organization welcomes Oman as founding member and launches several initiatives The Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO), based in Riyadh, announced the joining of...

MUSCAT: The Omani Women Association is implementing a project that aims at utilizing arts for serving the society, curbing visual pollution from the old quarters and disseminating beauty through...

MUSCAT: National Bank of Oman (NBO) is offering customers the chance to win one of 20 online shopping vouchers worth RO 100 from 6thStreet, one of the region’s premier online retail portals and home...

MUSCAT: A Kia Cerato taxi owner Asa’ad Saleem Ali al Batashi, was extremely elated on touching the 999,999 kilometre mark on the odometer. On reaching this extraordinary milestone he was felicitated...

MUSCAT: In line with its commitment to partnership in sustainable development and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Bank Muscat, the leading financial services provider, has once again extended...

WASHINGTON: Fewer than 200,000 businesses in the United States may have failed during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, a lighter toll than initially feared and one that may have had relatively...

Beijing: Asian spot prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) rose this week as China, Japan and South Korea sought supply in an early move to stock up for winter, industry sources said. The average LNG...

BRUSSELS: Some European Union governments will miss the April 30 deadline to submit their recovery plans to the European Commission, its Vice -President Valdis Dombrovskis (pictured) said, but they...

Muscat: The Ministry of Labour has urged all employers to register work contracts of their Omani and expatriate workforce electronically, including commercial work permits or private work permits...