Muscat: A resurgent Oman humbled Qatar to storm into the semifinals of the ongoing GCC Olympic (Under-23) Teams Football Championship in Bahrain on Tuesday night.According to information received here, Frenchman Phillipe Burle-coached Omanis, who lost their first match to Saudi Arabia in the three-team Group B, needed full points against Qatar to book a last four berth and the 2011 champions achieved that target in style with a 3-0 rout of Qataris.Oman will now take on hosts Bahrain in the first Read more [...]

Oman trounced Qatar 3-0 on Tuesday to set up a semifinal clash with hosts Bahrain in the fifth GCC Olympic U23 Football Championship at the National Stadium in Manama. Abdullah Saleh Abdulhadi, Badar Naseeb and Sami Khamis al Hassani scored for Oman. The resounding victory helped Oman finish runner-up in Group B behind Saudi Arabia. It was a must-win match for both Oman and Qatar as they had lost their respective games against the in-form Saudis. Oman will take on the home team, Read more [...]

Manama: Bahrain’s Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa has said his government will tackle the climate which generates terrorism. He said his government will do so through a number of measures including stepping up punishment for terror instigators and reviewing their eligibility to hold the Bahraini citizenship. Addressing a security and civil session to follow up progress in implementing the recommendations of the National Assembly to toughen up punishment for terrorism and Read more [...]

KARACHI: The newly-appointed coach Mohammed Shamlan of Bahrain will serve as an advisor while Shehzad Anwar will act as head of Pakistan football team during the next month’s SAFF Cup as the authorities have decided to release Serbian coach Zavisa Milosavljevic following his team’s pathetic display against Afghanistan in Kabul on Tuesday.  The PFF has also decided to show the exit door to goalkeeping coach Aslam Khan and according to highly reliable sources no goalkeeping coach will be part Read more [...]

Manama, Aug 21 (BNA) – Minister of Human Rights Affairs, Dr. Salah bin Ali Abdul-Rahman, today received British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Ian Lindsay. Dr. Abdul-Rahman stressed the strength of the historic friendly relations that tie both Kingdoms, and hailed British government's support for the Bahrain's continuing reforms and the government's policy in running political, democratic, Read more [...]

Manama, Aug. 21 (BNA)— His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa chaired a high-profile security and civil meeting to follow up on progress in implementing the recommendations of the National Assembly to toughen up punishment for terrorism and protect the society from it. After reviewing reports by the Civil and Security Committees, HRH the Prime Minister underlined Read more [...]

Manama, Aug. 21. (BNA) – MP Adnan Al-Maliki has asserted that Bahrain has proved, day after day, that it is on the right track of democracy and reform, which affirms the wise leadership’s visions and belief in the importance of advancing the democratic march, boosting economy and development and consolidating relations with regional and international sides in order to make maximum benefits from their Read more [...]