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MUSCAT: World’s top cyclists from 18 teams will compete for the honours in the 15th edition of Tour of Oman, which will begin with the one-day Muscat Classic race on February 6. The Muscat Classic...

Muscat: Moroccan ace marathon runner Mohammed El Morabity retained his Oman Desert Marathon (ODM) crown after emerging winner of the 11th edition of the ODM 2026, which concluded on Wednesday in the...

Muscat: The Oman Automobile Association (OAA)’s signature event of Oman International Drift Championship (OIDC 2026) will get into action with the first round taking place at the weekend.The Muscat...

Muscat, Dec 31Oman national cricket team’s medium pacer Sufyan Mehmood has geared up for his third World Cup appearance with his second career hat-trick in Oman Cricket’s domestic Twenty20...

Muscat: The Muscat Classic race, which precedes the Tour of Oman as a warm-up event, has been upgraded to the ProSeries category in its fourth and upcoming edition on February 6, 2026.A new UCI points...

MUSCAT, DEC 19Morocco fought back after conceding lead and stunned Jordan with an extra-time winner as the African football powerhouse lifted the Fifa Arab Cup Qatar 2025 in Doha on Thursday...

Muscat: Omani rider Saeed al Rahbi of Elite Team clinched the opening honours of Oman Cycling Association (OCA) 2025-26 League road races at the weekend.Al Rahbi claimed the top spot in two hours 19...

Muscat, Nov 20Oman continued their impressive performance in the sixth Islamic Solidarity Games by winning a silver in athletics and three bronze medals in fencing in the Saudi Arabian capital of...

MUSCAT, NOV 19: Sultanate of Oman added their fourth medal at the Islamic Solidarity Games 2025 in Riyadh on Tuesday as Fatik bin Abdulghafoor Beit Jaboob claimed a bronze in the men’s high...

Muscat, Nov 18Star sprinter Ali bin Anwar al Balushi clinched Oman’s first gold medal in the ongoing Islamic Solidarity Games Riyadh 2025 on Monday.Ali al Balushi came home in 10.30 seconds as his...

Muscat: Celebrating 30 years of wellness in Oman, Dr Prema Nagesh — founder of Vyaniti Yoga — has special sessions for sports persons to enhance their performance.“Yoga is not just stretching or...

MUSCAT, NOV 11: Over 500 players from five countries will feature in the annual Hockey Oman Carnival, to be hosted by Hockey Oman (Oman Hockey Association), in association with UTSC, from November 13...

Muscat: Shitoryu Oman Karate Do Kai Club emerged overall champions in the second Land of Peace Open Karate Championship 2025 at the Al Amal Sports Club Hall in Muscat recently.Shotokan Karate Centre...

MUSCAT: Oman will mark their first-ever appearance at the FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup when Oman took the spot after Pakistan pulled out of the event in India.The men’s junior team of Oman...

Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman have secured place in their fourth ICC Men’s T20 World Cup as the hosts along with Nepal were guaranteed top three spots on Wednesday in the Asia/East Asia-Pacific...

Anuroop AthiparambathMUSCAT, SEPT 27Oman’s veteran sports administrator Saif bin Subaa al Rushaidi has been elected as a member of Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Management Committee for the...

Muscat, Sept 10UAE cyclist Abdulla Jasim won the concluding stage of the Salalah International Tour 2025 as Adne van Engelen (+2.41) of Terengganu Cycling Team (Malaysia) clinched the overall...

MUSCAT, SEPT 9It was another Dutch cyclist on the top podium as Jeroen Meijers of Victoria Sports Pro Cycling – Philippines came home in three hours 40 minutes and 35 seconds to win the third stage...

Muscat, Sept 8Dutch rider Adne van Engelen bagged the laurels in the second stage to claim the overall lead of Salalah International Cycling Tour 2025 in Salalah on Monday. Van Engelen of Terengganu...

MUSCAT, AUG 26Oman earned three bronze medals after two days of the West Asia Karate Championship in Amman, Jordan, on August 24 and 25.On the opening day, Idrees al Batrani claimed third place in the...