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Sports
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Thursday, 16 May, 2013
MUSCAT — After clinching the berth at the World Beach Handball Championship, Oman will be looking to get the better of their regional rivals Qatar to lift the title Asian Beach Handball Championships in Hong Kong today. In the six-team event, the Sultanate squad have so far maintained an unbeaten st
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Thursday, 16 May, 2013
MUSCAT — The Sohar Equestrian Club has revealed plans for an ambitious project, including state of the art equestrian facilities, that will come up on a land owned by the club in Sohar. Located near the camel race track in the Wilayat, about 8kms from the Al Batinah main road, the project will be s
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Thursday, 16 May, 2013
MUSCAT — Hussain al Jabri and Intisar al Toubi bagged the inaugural Sailors of the Years Awards during the Oman Sail’s Awards Gala organised at Al Bustan Palace Hotel on Tuesday night. The two talented sailors were voted the most outstanding male and female overall winners of the prestigious Sailor
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Thursday, 16 May, 2013
MUSCAT — The teams and trainers/coachers committee of Oman Swimming Association (OSA) yesterday held its fifth meeting of the year under the chairmanship of Taha bin Sulaiman al Kishri, chief of the OSA. The meeting looked into the results of Omani swimmers during their participation in the recent G
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Thursday, 16 May, 2013
By Our Sports Reporter — MUSCAT — A team from Kukkiwon, World Taekwondo Headquarters, South Korea will return to Muscat to enthral the taekwondo fans with a spectacular performance on May 20. The Kukkiwon team, who also visited Oman in 2009, will be arriving in the capital courtesy the Embassy of Re
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Thursday, 16 May, 2013
MUSCAT — The Executive Office of the GCC National Olympic Committees’ Presidents will have two consultative meetings in Bahrain today. According to a press release issued by the Bahrain Olympic Committee yesterday, during the first meeting the office members will review recommendations submitted by
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Thursday, 16 May, 2013
LONDON — England and Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand announced his retirement from international soccer yesterday. The decision, in a statement on the United and Football Association websites, came nearly two years after Ferdinand last played for his country in a Euro 2012 qualifier against
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Thursday, 16 May, 2013
ROME — Andy Murray pulled out of the Rome Masters on his 26th birthday yesterday as the Scot succumbed to back and hip pain during a second-round clash with Marcel Granollers. Having lost the first set 6-3, the third seed fought back from 4-1 down in the second set to win a tie-break. But after leve
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Thursday, 16 May, 2013
LOS ANGELES — The blue-collared Indiana Pacers went with the same blueprint for success they've been employing the entire season: lock down on defence and control the rebounding. George Hill scored 26 points, Paul George added 18 with 14 rebounds and the Pacers again shut down the visiting New York
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Thursday, 16 May, 2013
LOS ANGELES — Jonathan Quick stonewalled the San Jose Sharks with a 35-save shutout as the streaking Los Angeles Kings grabbed a 2-0 win in the opener of their NHL Western Conference semifinals series on Tuesday. Quick recorded his second shutout of the post-season as the defending Stanley Cup champ
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