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By Our Sports Reporter MUSCAT — After months of preparations, it is time of action as 19th Gulf Cup activities will officially kick off at the Sohar Sports Complex with the start of the volleyball tournament today. Though the football championship, the mega sporting event of the Gulf region, will be launched only two days later (on January 4) in Muscat,.... |
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| ‘All set for Gulf Cup’ |
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By A Seshagiri Rao MUSCAT — Ali bin Masoud al Sunaidy, the Minister of Sports Affairs, yesterday announced the Sultanate’s readiness to host the 19th Gulf Cup Football Champion-ship and three associate sports tournaments namely handball, basketball and volleyball, the last of which begins in Sohar today. |
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By Our Sports Reporter MUSCAT — The Iraqi national team, the first squad to arrive here to take part in the 19th Gulf Cup Football Championship, started their preparations in right earnest with a training session at the Oman Club yesterday evening. The Iraqis turned up at the Oman Club just a few hours after landing in Muscat,.... |
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| Repentant ex-mafia boss says tennis a top target for fixers |
| NEW YORK — Former mafia crime boss Michael Franzese says top-level tennis matches are being influenced by gamblers and the sport would be his prime focus were he is still in the business of impacting outcomes. Franzese, a former boss in the Colombo crime family,.... |
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| Magic tame Bulls, Pistons beat Nets |
| CHICAGO — The Orlando Magic looked a different team from the one that stumbled to an untidy loss in their last game, an improved offensive display giving them a comprehensive 113-94 victory over the Chicago Bulls in the NBA League on Wednesday. |
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