OSAKA - Oman National Football Team made historic victory today when they clinched a golden moment to score the only goal of their match with the Samurai squad as part of Asian Qualifiers to FIFA World Cup (Qatar 2022), thanks to a surprise strike by a substitute in...
MUSCAT - Oman’s best-known hockey coach, Saiyed Ali Sibtain Naqvi, who is also one of the lone ‘survivors’ of the hockey fraternity of the 1947 ‘golden era’ of Indian hockey, and someone who had the rare distinction of being able to play with the wizard of the then...
MUSCAT - Oman Airports today opened its doors wide to welcome travelers coming to the Sultanate from all around the world. The move coincides with ending the quarantine requirement. PCR test is still required to detect Covid-19 before or upon arrival in the Sultanate....
MUSCAT - Hamdan al-Khatri, Oman’s top trail runner, has completed the arduous 170km UTMB® race in Chamonix, France. He crossed the line in a time of 41 hours, 14 minutes and 41 seconds after recording an average speed of 4.17km per hour throughout the race. Teammate...
MUSCAT - The Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments resulting from coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, has said that vaccination against Covid-19 is mandatory for travelers from all countries wishing to enter the Sultanate. In a statement it issued...
MUSCAT - The Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) has announced that study during the new academic year 2021-2022 will begin on 5 September 2021 and that all students are required to attend classes at the campus.The announcement was made after studying the recent...
MUSCAT - The Environment Authority and Nama Group signed a memorandum of cooperation to allocate RO 100,000 as a contribution for the national initiative to plant 10 million trees. The MoC was signed by Dr Abdullah Ali al-Amri, Chairman of the Environment Authority,...
MUSCAT - Dr Ahmed Mohammed al-Saeedi, Minister of Health and member of the Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments resulting from coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, has said that the epidemiological situation in the Sultanate is improving continuously, but...
MUSCAT - Accomplished Muscat-based Indian artist, Shrikant Akojwar, is presenting two of his creations at the ‘Art Mela’ (India @75), which is being held at the Art & Soul gallery, Waterfront Complex, Shatti Al Qurum.The creations are from Akojwar’s new art...
MUSCAT - The National Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI) released "the youth and labor market brochure" in which the total Omani youth (18 to 29 years) amounted to about 549,969 young males and females (20.1 percent) of the total Omanis in the Sultanate...
MUSCAT - As many as 2,336,980 people have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in the Sultanate since launching of the National Immunisation Campaign till yesterday (Sunday) 22 August, reaching 66 percent of the targeted population.The number of those who took the...
MUSCAT - Hamdan Al Khatri and Hamed Al Harthi, Oman’s two best trail runners, will soon be taking their place on the start line in Chamonix, France, for the 2021 UTMB® Mont Blanc 170km trail running race.Having been forced to postpone last year’s attempt, Hamdan...
