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MUSCAT: Muscat Classic, a new professional road race, will add to the excitement for cycling enthusiasts on the eve of the 12th edition of the Tour of Oman, featuring five stages from February 11 to...

Dakar Rally champion Nasser Saleh al Attiyah of Qatar has shifted his driving mode to the FIA Middle East Rally Championship (Merc) with its first round flagged off at the Oman Automobile Association...

MUSCAT: Morocco’s Mohammed El Morabity won the top honours of the eighth edition of annual Oman Desert Marathon (ODM) in Bidiyah on Tuesday.Mohammed, brother of six-time champion, Rachid El Morabity...

MUSCAT: The fourth edition of annual Ironman Oman 70.3 will kick-start the international triathlon season with more than 800 triathletes from across the world set for the competition, according to...

MUSCAT: Morocco’s Mohammed El Morabity topped the 47-kilometre first stage of Oman Desert Marathon 2023 with an impressive time of 3 hours and 53 minutes on Saturday.Defending champion Rashid El...

MUSCAT: Lithuanian driver Benediktas Cirba edged Kuwait’s Ali Makhseed in the thrilling final to take the honours of the Round 2 of Oman International Drift Championship 2023 on Friday night.“It...

Hosts Iraq edged Oman 3-2 in the extra-time to clinch the crown of the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup at the Basra International Stadium in Iraq on Thursday night.Manaf Younis struck the winner for Iraq after...

Muscat: Hosts Iraq edged Oman 3-2 in the extra-time to clinch the crown of the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup at the Basra International Stadium in Iraq on Thursday night.Manaf Younis struck the winner in a...

Oman are targeting their third title when they meet hosts Iraq in the final of the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup at the Basra International Stadium on Thursday. The match will kick-off at 8 pm (Oman...

Oman stormed into the final of the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup edging Bahrain 1-0 in the second semifinal at the Al Minaa Olympic Stadium in Iraq on Monday night.Oman will take on hosts Iraq, who beat Qatar...

Muscat: Oman stormed into the final of the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup edging Bahrain 1-0 in the second semifinal at the Al Minaa Olympic Stadium in Iraq on Monday night. Oman stormed into the final of...

MUSCAT, JAN 16A confident Iraq marched into the final of the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup with a 2-1 win over a competent Qatar in a pulsating first semifinal at the Basra International Stadium in Iraq on...

MUSCAT: A confident Iraq marched into the final of the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup with a 2-1 win over a competent Qatar in a pulsating first semifinal at the Basra International Stadium in Iraq on...

Two-time champions Oman face reigning champions Bahrain on Monday in a high-voltage semifinal of the eight-nation 25th Arabian Gulf Cup at the 65,000-seat Basra International Stadium in the Iraqi city...

MUSCAT, JAN 14Nikolass Bertens bagged the opening round honours of the Oman International Drift Championship 2023 in Muscat on Friday night.At the Oman Automobile Association’s (OAA) Muscat Drift...

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...