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Bahrain held a 10-man Kuwait to a 1-1 draw to qualify for the semifinals of the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup at the Basra International Stadium in Iraq on Friday night.Bahrain topped the group with seven...

Cycle KOM – NRO star Paul Willcox defended his individual team trial (ITT) crown for a third straight time in the Oman Cycling Association (OCA) League Stage 5 at Wadi Al Abyadh in Nakhl on...

Bangladesh edged out hosts Oman after a thrilling penalty shoot-out 7-6 to clinch the Junior AHF Cup 2023 hockey title at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex on Thursday.For Bangladesh, goal scorer...

The Oman Automobile Association (OAA) has added an additional round in the much-popular Oman International Drift Championship (OIDC) for its fifth edition.The OIDC 2023 started at the OAA’s Muscat...

Muscat, Jan 11Hosts Oman thrashed Uzbekistan 5-0 to set up a final against Bangladesh in the Junior AHF Cup at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex on Wednesday night.Oman led 2-0 at the half-time and hit...

MUSCAT: Hosts Oman will meet Uzbekistan and Bangladesh take on Thailand in the semifinals of the Junior AHF Cup 2023 in Muscat on Wednesday.Group A toppers Oman will clash with Group B second-placed...

MUSCAT, JAN 10Bahrain came back to post their second straight win in the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup with a 2-1 result against Qatar at the Al Minaa Olympic Stadium in Iraq on Tuesday night.The win enabled...

MUSCAT, JAN 10Late substitute Ahmad al Dhefri bended it to perfection in the final moments of the match as Kuwait revived their hopes with a 1-0 win against the United Arab Emirates in the 25th...

MUSCAT, JAN 9A one-handed penalty save by goalkeeper Ibrahim al Mukhaini saved Oman from blushes as they edged past a fighting Yemen 3-2 in the Group A match of 25th Arabian Gulf Cup in Basra, Iraq on...

MUSCAT, JAN 9Hosts Iraq boosted their semifinal hopes in the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup with a 2-0 win over Saudi Arabia in a rain-affected Group A match at the Basra Stadium on Monday night.Aso Rostam’s...

A one-handed penalty save by goalkeeper Ibrahim al Mukhaini saved Oman from blushes as they edged past a fighting Yemen 3-2 in the Group A match of 25th Arabian Gulf Cup in Basra, Iraq on Monday.The...

MUSCAT, JAN 8 International Hockey Federation (FIH) President Tayyab Ikram hoped that the first edition of Hockey 5s World Cup in the Sultanate of Oman would be a game-changer for the region in terms...

MUSCAT, JAN 8Oman drubbed Thailand 7-1 in their second match of the Junior AHF Cup hockey at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat on Sunday.In their first match of Pool A, Oman had thrashed...

Title-holders Bahrain began their Gulf Cup defence in nice fashion after beating United Arab Emirates 2-1 in the first Group B match of the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup at the Al Minaa Olympic Stadium in...

World Cup 2022 hosts Qatar started with a 2-0 win in the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup in a Group B clash against Kuwait at the Al Minaa Olympic Stadium in Iraq on Saturday night.Amro Abdelfatah Ali Surag...

MUSCAT, JAN 7Oman thrashed Chinese Taipei 9-1 to begin their men's junior AHF Cup Muscat 2023 on a promising note at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex on Friday night.Hosts Oman, who had won the...

Oman snatched a point from hosts Iraq in the opening match of the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup at the Basra International Stadium in Iraq with a 0-0 draw on Friday night.Iraq, hosting a major international...

Thousands of fans filled the Basra International Stadium on Friday for the opening of the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup as Iraq welcomed its first international football tournament in decades.The Gulf Cup was...

Oman begin their 25th Arabian Gulf Cup campaign with a strong tussle against hosts Iraq in the opening match at the Basra International Stadium in Iraq on Friday.The organising committee of the 25th...

MUSCAT, JAN 4International Hockey Federation’s (FIH) new president Tayyab Ikram will arrive in Muscat on January 6 for meetings regarding the FIH Hockey5s World Cup to be hosted by the Sultanate of...