Middle East Sports News

A nation-wide excitement is building up as six Omani and expatriate artists are in the final race for the best portrait of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said in the ‘Qaboos Oman’ painting competition. The SMS voting campaign to choose...

Rory McIlroy are as friendly as two guys separated by 16 years can be -- yet the handshake between them on the first tee in Dubai yesterday was perfunctory, while the smile they both donned for the official photograph seemed...

Australia�s Robert Allenby reaped a rich reward for switching early to the new grooves as he shot a brilliant round of seven-under par 65 on Thursday to establish a course record and take an early lead in the 7.5 million...

More than halfway around the globe, in Doha, Qatar, Dave Villwock in the U-16 Ellstrom Elam Plus raced around the 2-mile course in Doha Bay at an average speed of 146.427 mph to claim the top qualifying position for the...

The February 18-20 event at the spectacular Yas Marina circuit will be the championship opener in 2010 and V8 Supercars executive chairman Tony Cochrane says the twilight race will be the perfect way to start the year. "We could not...

European tour chiefs have rubbished rumours the Race to Dubai will be scrapped after just one go at running the season-long event. Dubai was certainly not immune to the current cash crisis that affected all parts of the globe. And...

But it was after having lunch with Singh at the Volvo World Match Play three weeks ago that made up his mind on America. “Lee and Darren have tried playing there and it didn’t really work out for them,” he...

A stun grenade exploded beneath the vehicle of a Muslim cleric in Majdal Anjar in the Bekaa on Wednesday, announced the Internal Security Forces (ISF). The grenade, attached to a 5-meter-long fuse, exploded beneath the car of Imam Adnan Imami...

Brazil rounded off a successful pre-World Cup year yesterday with a 2-0 win over Oman in a friendly to take their tally to 14 victories in 17 matches. Nilmar opened the scoring in the fourth minute and Oman midfielder Hassan...

Ramzi, who was his country's first Olympic champion, was one of five athletes who tested positive in April for new blood-booster Cera. The 29-year-old faces a two-year ban but is expected to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport....