A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
West Bank: Coach Abdel Nasser Barakat insists Palestine have no intention of taking their “foot off the gas” in Tuesday’s meeting with the Maldives despite qualification for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup already being secured. The penultimate outing in Group D will allow Palestine to celebrate their second consecutive AFC Asian Cup Finals appearance with […]
Hassan Saaid enjoys a friendly race with children at the Sports Stars Fiesta in Maafushi. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU Mihaaru Awards held a colourful evening with local sports stars at Kaafu atoll Maafushi island last Saturday. The new prestigious sports awards, launched by Mihaaru newspaper, held the “Sports Stars Fiesta” under its corporate social responsibility (CSR) […]
Bike Maldives, a local cycling association, has taken the initiative to organize the ‘National Bike Championship’. Asma Hassan, Bike Maldives’ secretary-general, said that the contest will be held from the 24th to 25th of this month. Members of the association will take part in 200, 1000, 4000, meter and 30 and 60-kilometer rides. Individuals who […]
By James M. Dorsey A target of massive Saudi investment, the Maldives severed diplomatic relations with Qatar hours after a Saudi-UAE-led alliance of largely financially dependent states declared in June an economic and diplomatic boycott of the Gulf state. That didn’t stop the Football Federation of Maldives from signing a cooperation agreement with its Qatari […]
A last minute goal by Mahbubur Rahman enabled Bangladesh Under-19 Football team to take the solo lead in the five-team Group B of the AFC Under-19 Championship Qualifiers beating the Maldives Undere-19 side by 1-0 goal in their 2nd match at the Republican Central Stadium in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on Thursday. When the match was almost […]
Hisor: Sri Lanka had substitute W.N. Malshan to thank as his stoppage-time goal gave them a precious 2-2 draw with Maldives in their opening AFC U-19 Championship 2018 Qualifiers Group B tie on Tuesday. Maldives looked to have sealed all three points as they led 2-1 with just seconds on the clock but suffered the […]
President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has attended the final match of the President’s Cup Recreational Futsal tournament. The match was held on Monday evening at the Maafannu Turf Ground. STO team won the match against MACL team, with a 3 – 0 score. Following the match, President Yameen awarded the Champion trophy, gold medals and […]
Court the eye Stunning Italian, 26, regularly impresses her 1million Instagram followers with basketball skills A BASKETBALL player voted the world’s sexiest has wowed social media followers with a set of sexy pictures from her holiday. Italian slam-dunker Valentina Vignali, 26, shared stunning pictures of her beach hols with her 1.1 million social media followers […]