A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
The West Asians wasted no time in this one, zooming to a 25-7 lead in the first quarter and never relinquishing the initiative. Aida Golmohammadi shone brightly for the Iranian basketball team, putting up 18 points on top of 20 rebounds and 4 steals. She was ably supported by Puonik Arakilians and Maryam Shirazi, who […]
Ahmed Fauzan Abbas is on a ferry headed towards a popular surf spot an hour from Malé, the capital of Maldives. The surfer, better known as Karo, remembers a time when locals were arrested for surfing in spots where well-heeled foreign tourists were charged US$25 (MVR375) for access to the waves. “Back then surfing had […]
Midfielder Ali Fasir celebrates his team’s goal — Photo by: mihaaru Male: Oman and Palestine qualified for the AFC Asian Cup 2019 UAE with two games to spare as Pim Verbeek’s side posted a 3-1win over the Maldives in Group D on Tuesday. Khalid Al Hajri and an own goal from Ali Amdhan handed Oman a […]
Muscat: An outright victory over a lowly Maldives in an away final round qualifier is all Oman need on Tuesday to seal their place in the 2019 Asian Cup. The Group D match to be played at the National Stadium in Maldives capital city of Male is scheduled to kick off at 8.00 p.m. Oman […]
The Omani national team has arrived in the Maldives for their match against their local counterpart in the qualifying rounds for the Asian Cup. The team arrived on Sunday evening and is staying at Hotel Jen in capital city Malé. Three of the team’s foreign players had also arrived with them. These players had not […]
Male: Darren Stewart will send his Maldives side out to face Oman in Male on Tuesday knowing defeat will bring the Indian Ocean islanders’ hopes of appearing at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup finals to an end. The Maldives lie in third place in Group D, which has seen Stewart and his team pitted against Palestine and […]
Dhiraagu has appointed Maldivian no. 1 fly boarder Ibrahim Hussein commonly known as Ibbadey as their brand ambassador at their Youth Fest held in Villimale on the 7th of October 2017. Ibbadey has been extremely active in promoting flyboarding in the Maldives including actively taking part in international flyboarding tournaments. Looking at his participation in […]
W Maldives partners with the famous Reebok Women sports brand to host prominent influencers from seven countries, to redefine the notion of perfection via #PerfectNever campaign. On 25-27th August, Reebok Women invited 12 ladies from Southeast Asia and the Pacific to W Maldives as the faces and voices of their #PerfectNever campaign in the region, […]
I Just spent the first two weeks of September in the Maldives and everywhere I turned local surfers and tourists were boasting the line, “You should have been here yesterday”. You see, I arrived at beautiful Kandooma Resort, just south of the capital Male, a few days after the best fortnight of swell in the entire […]