A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
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 […]
Experienced campaigners Ali al Habsi, Abdulaziz al Miqbali and Raed Ibrahim make a return to the national football team as Oman coach Pim Verbeek announced his 26-member team for the Jordan friendly in Dubai and the away Asian Cup final round qualifying game in Maldives on Wednesday. The Dutchman called up the three seasoned players, […]
Dushanbe: Oman kicked off their AFC U-16 Championship 2018 Malaysia qualifying campaign with a bang beating Maldives 8-0 in Tajikistan on Wednesday. Oman took charge of the match early as they went ahead in 8th minute when an unmarked Issa Khalfan Al-Naabi rose above the Maldives defenders to score off a corner. Mulham Yousuf Al […]
Oman, coached by Yaqoob al Sabahi, will take on Maldives in the opening match of the AFC U16 Championship Group B Qualifier in Hisor, Tajikistan, on Wednesday. The match kicks off at 3 pm. Oman is pooled along with the hosts, Maldives and Syria. A total of 44 teams are in the fray for the […]