Harrison, Skupski win Australian Open doubles title
MELBOURNE: Sixth seeds Neal Skupski and Christian Harrison defeated Australia’s wildcard pairing of Jason Kubler and Marc Polmans 7-6(4) 6-4 to capture the Australian Open men’s d…
Curran hat-trick seals 11 run DLS win for England over Sri Lanka
Pallekele, Sri Lanka: England underlined that they are among the front-runners for the upcoming T20 World Cup, as they ground out an 11-run victory over Sri Lanka on the Duckworth-…
Australia’s injured Cummins out of T20 World Cup
Melbourne: Star paceman Pat Cummins was ruled out of Australia’s Twenty20 World Cup campaign on Saturday, while batsman Matthew Renshaw has come into the squad at the expense of Ma…
Outward Bound Oman launches Biodiversity Gems
Sponsored by the British Embassy Muscat, Outward Bound Oman has launched the first cohorts of the Biodiversity Gems Programme, an initiative aimed at increasing youth awareness of…
Oman Air signals turnaround with Taif launch
Oman Air launched a new service to Taif on Saturday, with the chief commercial officer saying the airline has returned to positive growth and is now scaling up capacity sharply in…
US to double issuance of H-2B guest visas this year
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has said it will issue nearly 65,000 additional H-2B guest worker visas through September, effectively doubling the maximum number that can be…
Oman’s plans for Suhar, Musandam airports to enter key phases
Muscat: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) recently revealed its plans for the expansion of Suhar International Airport and the development of the new airport in Musandam.A tender…
Gold demand hits a new high in 2025
The World Gold Council’s Full-Year 2025 Gold Demand Trends report reveals that total gold demand hit a new all-time high of 5,002t last year. A record fourth quarter sealed a stell…
Can the gold rally last much longer?
Gold – which has jumped around 15% this year – is on an impressive run. Still, there are legitimate concerns about whether the momentum can last much longer, warns the CEO of one o…
Muscat Municipality awards contracts for 7 residential park projects
Eng. Ahmed bin Saeed al Amri, chairman of Muscat Municipality, chaired a meeting of the Municipality’s Internal Tenders Committee today, during which contracts were awarded for sev…