MUSCAT Oman coach Claude Le Roy was the most disappointed man after the match. “This is the biggest disappointment of my career,” Le Roy said at the post-match press conference, while a thrilled Kuwaiti counterpart Goran Tufegdzic said: “we came here with a plan and our strategy worked.”

Among the host of speakers at the FIFA club management workshop, which began on Saturday, was Petr Fousek, a leading FIFA instructor and UEFA delegate. The former Czech Republic Football Association general secretary has been a long-time sports administrator and is visiting the sultanate for the first time.

With only six of the 12 Oman Mobile League clubs attending the opening session of the FIFA club management workshop, organised by the Oman Football Association (OFA), at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Saturday, the message was clear - it is a long journey for the OFA and the top clubs in the sultanate to adopt a professional approach and work together.

Terming Oman’s failure to qualify for the 2011 Asian Cup finals after a goalless draw against Kuwait as ‘a big blow’, Sayyid Khalid al Busaidy, Oman Football Association (OFA) chairman, said he is yet to meet national team coach Claude Le Roy to discuss the debacle. In his first comments after Wednesday night\'s disappointment, Busaidy told Muscat Daily, “There is no doubt that the result has hurt me. We tried our best to provide the best conditions and best possible atmosphere for the boys and coaching staff. They have let us down.” Not keen to pinpoint any specific reason for the team’s elimination, Busaidy said, “I personally would put the blame partly on the players and the coach. Frankly, I do not have any answer for their display. I will be speaking to the coach and we will definitely be seeking an explanation from him.” On talk doing the rounds that Le Roy may be sacked, Busaidy said, “He is with us and there is no reason to think along those lines. We have to look forward to the 2014 World Cup qualifiers and the Gulf Cup, where we need to defend the title.” Saleh al Farsi, OFA general secretary and CEO, said, “We lost a chance to qualify. It hurts us as the OFA chief and the association had left no stone unturned in providing the best facilities for the team.” Saleh was critical of Le Roy\'s tactics and said, “Though I am not a great footballer, I felt that he was overconfident. He did not have any back-up plans after the poor show in the first half. His substitutions of Qasim Said, Badr al Maimani and Hashim Saleh (late in the game) would have been better if he had employed those tactics at the start of the second session.” The OFA CEO, however, felt that Le Roy should stay with the national team and learn from the mistakes. “We will make sure that he realises the disappointment of the nation and the board and he needs to give us a reason for the shoddy display in the do-or-die match. I feel that Le Roy should respect the ideas and opinions of others. Maybe this is the best way to move ahead. I am not in favour of quick-fix remedies. We need to sit with him and analyse the debacle. Only if we learn from our mistakes can we improve.”

More than half a dozen missed goals and some heart breaking moments… But Oman miss the flight to Qatar after the crucial thrilling encounter against former Asian Champions Kuwait ended in a goalless draw.

Seventeen-year-old Wail al Jalandani was declared the champion in the recently concluded Red Bull Street Style Oman Championship, beating 32 contestants in the knockout rounds leading to the final. He is clearly elated to be representing the sultanate at the World Street Style championships to be held in South Africa next month.

The DVDs of the Red Wave, a documentary film on Oman’s famous Gulf Cup victory, was launched here yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Sayyid Khalid al Busaidy, the chairman of the Oman Football Association, said: ‘‘We are pleased to launch this documentary especailly beacuse of the timing as Oman is scheduled to play their crucial Asian Cup qualifying match against Kuwait on Wednesday. We want ot bring back memories of the famous victory so that it helps the team overall.” The soccer fans can re-live the thrills and watch and witness the team’s journey to the Gulf Cup victory in this film, which includes the training and preparations of the team and the interviews of the coach and the players. Each DVD is priced at RO 5.

Sayyid Khalid bin Hamad bin Hamoud Al Busaidi Congratulated, on his own behalf and on behalf of the members of the Governing Board of the Omani national beach football team on the occasion of winning the gold medal at the first Asian beach tournament which conclude its events in Bali, Indonesia, today, Sunday.

Sayyid Khalid bin Hamad bin Hamoud Al Busaidi Congratulated, on his own behalf and on behalf of the members of the Governing Board of the Omani national beach football team on the occasion of winning the gold medal at the first Asian beach tournament which conclude its events in Bali, Indonesia, today, Sunday.

Today, Monday 25/8/2008 at the Ramada Hotel, Muscat and, under the auspices of Sayyid Khalid bin Hamad bin Humoud Al-Busaidi, Chairman of the Board of the Omani Football Federation, the events of the administrative and management seminar for football were opened to the secretaries of football clubs which were organized by the Omani Football Federation in cooperation with the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA), which will continue until the thirtieth of this month.

Today, Monday 25/8/2008 at the Ramada Hotel, Muscat and, under the auspices of Sayyid Khalid bin Hamad bin Humoud Al-Busaidi, Chairman of the Board of the Omani Football Federation, the events of the administrative and management seminar for football were opened to the secretaries of football clubs which were organized by the Omani Football Federation in cooperation with the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA), which will continue until the thirtieth of this month.

The evening of Friday 23/10/2008 was held at the Ramada Hotel for the conclusion of the events of the specialized regional session for the preparing and qualifying of the training lecturers organized by the Omani Football Federation in cooperation with the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) which lasted from the thirteenth to the twenty fourth of this month, where the closing ceremony was held under the auspices of Saif bin Hamad Al-Jabiri, board member and chairman of the Competitions’ Committee of the Federation in the Omani Football Federation in the presence of Ahmed Omar, the representative of FIFA and Fahd Almukhrej, representative of the Asian Association, in addition to Saber Suleiman of the Regional Development FIFA Office for developing and promoting football in Jordan.

The evening of Friday 23/10/2008 was held at the Ramada Hotel for the conclusion of the events of the specialized regional session for the preparing and qualifying of the training lecturers organized by the Omani Football Federation in cooperation with the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) which lasted from the thirteenth to the twenty fourth of this month, where the closing ceremony was held under the auspices of Saif bin Hamad Al-Jabiri, board member and chairman of the Competitions’ Committee of the Federation in the Omani Football Federation in the presence of Ahmed Omar, the representative of FIFA and Fahd Almukhrej, representative of the Asian Association, in addition to Saber Suleiman of the Regional Development FIFA Office for developing and promoting football in Jordan.

The members of the Board of the Omani Football Federation lauded the tremendous and unprecedented achievement attained by our national football team by winning the gold medal at the first Asian Beach Games which ended the competition in the Indonesian island of Bali last Sunday.

The members of the Board of the Omani Football Federation lauded the tremendous and unprecedented achievement attained by our national football team by winning the gold medal at the first Asian Beach Games which ended the competition in the Indonesian island of Bali last Sunday.

Our beach football’s national team has achieved an unprecedented achievement in its first official participation at a continental level when, Sunday morning, our team heroes succeeded to win the gold medal in the football competition at the First Asian Beach Games in Bali, Indonesia, when they managed to beat the brotherly UAE team with a result of 3 – 2 goals.

Our beach football’s national team has achieved an unprecedented achievement in its first official participation at a continental level when, Sunday morning, our team heroes succeeded to win the gold medal in the football competition at the First Asian Beach Games in Bali, Indonesia, when they managed to beat the brotherly UAE team with a result of 3 – 2 goals.

Sayyid Khalid bin Hamad confirms the participation of all first league teams in the 19th Gulf Football Tournament and,Our National Football Team will host the Indonesian Team on 19/1/2009 in the Asian elimination series.

Sayyid Khalid bin Hamad confirms the participation of all first league teams in the 19th Gulf Football Tournament and,Our National Football Team will host the Indonesian Team on 19/1/2009 in the Asian elimination series.

Khalid bin Hamad: Our ball is on the right path and is expanding geographically and upgrading technically

Khalid bin Hamad bin Hamoud Al-Busaidi, Chairman of the Board of the Omani Football Association, valued the position of Qatari and Kuwaiti Associations and the positions of Qatari and Kuwaiti clubs in permitting professional players of the first national football team in the Qatari and Kuwaiti league games to join the preparatory camp for the team starting tomorrow, Saturday for professionals in Kuwait and fifteenth of the current month of December for professionals in Qatar and even until after Gulf 19 and the game of our national team with the Indonesian team on 19, next January in the framework of qualifying for the coming Asian Nations Cup.

The evening of Friday 24/10/2008 held at the Ramada Hotel witnessed the conclusion of events of the specialized regional session for the initiation and qualifying of the training lecturers under the auspices of Sayyid Khalid bin Hamad bin Hamoud Al Busaidi, Chairman of the Board of the Omani football

Blatter congratulates Khalid bin Hamad on his success in the elections and commends the electoral experience in Oman. FIFA president expressed his admiration to the overall vision for the development of Omani football and Oman\'s methodology, directing FIFA Executive Organization to provide all possible support to aid the Omani Association in its ambitious program. Agreed that the FIFA Technical Director, Jean-Michel, to visit the Sultanate to develop a detailed program of the mechanisms and the potential aspects for supporting the Omani Football Association programs in the context of the overall vision and the suggestions of some of the experts on various aspects of the game Zurich – Special