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MUSCAT, April 14 - Oman national football team forward Musallam Mohammed Khamis Akaak was suffering with an ACL injury six months back. The promising player thought his career would face a setback...

MUSCAT, April 8 - The Executive Office of Presidents of GCC National Olympic Committees has made a recommendation on proclamation of Dispute Resolution Authority in its meeting in Muscat. This is...

MUSCAT, MARCH 24 - The Arab region needs more professional players to make a break into the top 20 rankings and win titles at the ITTF world events, according to Arab Table Tennis Union (ATTU)...

MUSCAT, MARCH 23 - International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) President Thomas Weikert was all praise for hosts Sultanate for its excellent organisation of the Seamaster ITTF Challenger Plus Oman...

MUSCAT, March 12 - World No. 15 Mattias Falck of Sweden and 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Achanta Sharath Kamal from India will be in action in the men’s section in the Seamaster 2019...

MUSCAT, March 4 - Omani triathlete Haitham Thani al Faraei was delighted to participate his fourth Ironman 70.3 at his home country. Haitham, who had taken part in Ironman races in Bahrain, Dubai (2...

MUSCAT, MARCH 3 - The second edition of BikingMan saw records shatter all around as the cyclists broke the fastest time to cycle around the Sultanate. The unsupported race, saw 78 athletes cycling...

MUSCAT, MARCH 2 - French professional triathlete Antoine Mechin bagged the overall crown of the first ever Ironman 70.3 hosted by the Sultanate on Friday. Mechin completed the race course which...

MUSCAT, FEB 25 - Multiple world record holder Jonas Deichmann will be a star attraction for this year’s unsupported ultra-cycling race BikingMan Oman, which was flagged off on Sunday. The German...

Anuroop Athiparambath - MUSCAT, Feb 20 - Dutchman Erwin Koeman will succeed his compatriot Pim Verbeek as the head coach of Oman national football team. The Oman Football Association (OFA) meeting...

Anuroop Athiparambath - MUSCAT, FEB 20 - The second edition of BikingMan Oman will continue the cycling wave in the Sultanate after the Tour of Oman. Eighty athletes from 23 countries will attempt to...

MUSCAT, FEB 16 - Former Oman football coach Claude Le Roy, who is currently managing Togo , was in Muscat during the weekend. Le Roy, with whom Oman had won their first Arabian Gulf Cup at home in...

The Netherlands coasted to an eight-wicket win against hosts Oman in the Quadrangular T20 International Series match at the Amerat Cricket Ground near Muscat on Friday. This was Oman’s second defeat...

Muscat: Oman head coach Pim Verbeek has called it quits after making history with the Red Warriors in the recently concluded Asian Cup 2019 in the UAE. The much-experienced coach had guided Oman to...

MUSCAT, FEB 6 - Pim Verbeek took charge of the Oman national football team at a time when Oman were languishing no where near their past glory of winning Arabian Gulf Cup at home in 2009. The former...

MUSCAT, FEB 5 - The winners of the first Oman-India Sports Meet (OISM) were honoured along with some distinguished sports personalities during the weekend. The six-month long sports meet mooted as...

MUSCAT, FEB 4 - Baja Rally fame Abdullah al Zubair has announced his ambitious plans to compete in the World Rally Championships here on Monday. “I promise everyone a great competition in the World...

Anuroop Athiparambath - ABU DHABI, JAN 16 - It is a do-or-die match for Oman in the Asian Cup 2019 when the ‘Red Warriors’ take on Turkmenistan in their last match of Group F at the Mohammed...

SHARJAH, JAN 14 - A 91st minute penalty goal by Jamal Rashed helped Bahrain post an important win against India in a Group A match of the Asian Cup 2019 at the Sharjah Stadium late on Monday. ...

SHARJAH, JAN 14 - India head coach Stephen Constantine has decided to step down after four years at the helm of Indian national football team. In an emotionally charged press conference after...