Jessye Norman followed by Football Fans

We had a nice evening listening to Jessye Norman sing some classic light Jazz in Oman’s Royal Opera House.

Jessye Norman

Her accompanist was Mark Markham who, remarkably for a pianist

Oman wins

Qasim Hardan scored first at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex and then  Nasser Al Shamali made it 2 – 0.

Oman v Saudi

It was especially good as one of the nicest events in Oman has to have been when Oman also beat Saudi at home to win the Gulf Cup.

Oman v Saudi Crowd

11 November in Oman

Today Oman

11 players from Oman's team

plays Australia – 11 goals anyone?

Oman FA Badge

The view from Oman

With a great start the shisha smoking crowd here in Muscat were behind England

Englands Goal watched in Oman

Football in Oman

Al Taawn Football Team had a good win in the local league competition to celebrate Oman’s 39^th National Day . They won the first round 4:1 and went through to the final against Hai Aldhahir .

Omans Al Watan Newspapers article on the win by Al Taawn

In a very competitive game the single goal was scored by Yahya AlBusafi of Al Taawn . So it’s probably the only time Arabesque will overcome the might of Toyota – as we sponsor the winning team and they the losers.