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Muscat: Salim al Touqi and co-driver Issa bin Mohammed al Wardi of Al Touqi team won the opening round of the 2026 Oman Rally Championship, the season-opening Jafnayn Rally, at the weekend. The rally,...

MUSCAT: The Sultanate of Oman’s athletes Ali al Balushi and Mulham al Balushi made history at the ongoing Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, with the pair completing a silver-bronze finish for the...

The first round of Oman National Rally Championship 2026, Rally Al Jafnayn, will begin the season’s action for Oman Automobile Association (OAA) on Friday. The opening round, the Jafnayn Rally, will...

Muscat: Omani rally star Abdullah al Rawahi claimed the honours in the fifth round of the 2026 Jordan National Rally held at the Dead Sea region on Friday. Al Rawahi alongside his Jordanian co-driver...

Muscat, Sept 9 Swiss rider Simon Pellaud of Li Ning Star emerged the Tour of Salalah 2026 champion after edging his teammate Eduardo Sepulveda for a 15-second overall lead after the fourth and final...

MUSCAT, SEPT 8 Argentine rider Eduardo Sepulveda of Li Ning Star staked strong claim to the overall title of Tour of Salalah 2026 by winning the 150 km third and penultimate stage from Wilayat of...

MUSCAT, SEPT 7 Swiss rider Simon Pellaud of Li Ning Star took over as the leader of Tour of Salalah 2026 after winning Stage 2 in Salalah on Monday. Pellaud romped home in two hours 19 minutes and...

Muscat, Sept 6 Dutch rider Jeroen Meijers of Victoria Sports Pro Cycling won the opening stage of Tour of Salalah 2026 in Salalah on Sunday. Meijers finished the 127-km Stage 1 from Mughsail Beach to...

MUSCAT, SEPT 5 Oman Cricket could upgrade its infrastructure in order to host major international fixtures, according to International Cricket Council (ICC) Chairman Jay Shah, who made a private visit...

MUSCAT, SEPT 5 Argentine cyclist Eduardo Sepulveda of Li Ning Star claimed the opening Dhofar Classic race on Saturday ahead of the first stage of Tour of Salalah 2026. Sepulveda completed the...

Muscat: First Omani professional wrestler Anas Rex and his partner Shathan al Balushi (Sam X) have made history by capturing the QPW Tag Team Championship in Qatar on Friday night. This was the first...

Muscat: Oman’s new head coach Tarik Sektioui made an unimpressive start as the Red Warriors slumped to a 3-0 loss against hosts Indonesia in a friendly international in Jakarta on Friday....

Muscat, June 3 All-rounder Sufyan Mehmood has become the first Omani captain to guide his all-Omani team into the 20th Asian Games in Japan after Oman sealed the qualification berth with their second...

Muscat: The first continental appearance of the all-Omani squad in the Asian Games Men’s Qualifier in Singapore will be a testing ground of Oman Cricket’s development strategy giving focus to the...

Around 20 coaches representing clubs, academies and karate centres from various governorates took part in the Oman Karate Committee’s Coaches Qualification Course on May 15 and 16 at the sports hall...

Muscat: Oman athletics team impressed with three gold and a silver as the Sultanate of Oman doubled their tally to 14 medals on Day 4 of the GCC Games in Doha, Qatar. After four days of competition,...

Muscat, May 13 Oman rally star Abdullah al Rawahi will hope to mount a challenge against top-ranked Nasser Saleh al Attiyah of Qatar in the Jordan Rally that begins at the Hover-Up park on the shores...

MUSCAT: Italian rider Christian Scaroni of XDS Astana Team produced a flawless climb on the slopes of the Al Jabal Al Akhdhar (Green Mountain) to seal the Tour of Oman 2026 title on Wednesday....

MUSCAT: Norwegian rider Erlend Blikra of Uno-X Mobility prevailed over his rivals on the line in the Tour of Oman 2026 ‘sprinters special’ Stage 4 as Mauro Schmid kept his red jersey in Suhar on...

Muscat: Irish drifter Tommy Kiely clinched the top honours while Shanahan brothers Jack and Conor completed an Irish sweep of the overall championships in second and third respectively as the Oman...