SPORTS NEWS

Oman's long-distance swimming coach Istvan Kormos has said that he is confident of a good show from the national team in the coming season, with the primary goal being to excel at the GCC Beach Games in Saudi Arabia this November.

Bhalla, Isaac to meet in men’s A singles final

Bishen Singh Bhalla and Abel Isaac reached the final of the men’s A singles event at the annual badminton tournament, organised by the Indian Social Club (ISC) Muscat. In the semifinals on Monday, Bhalla beat Mohammed Haroos 21-14, 21-13 while young Isaac secured a 21-14, 21-18 victory over Sparsh.

Henrik Lundqvist made 21 saves for the shutout and Dan Girardi scored the third period go-ahead goal as New York beat New Jersey 3-0 in the opening game of their Eastern Conference series.

English umpiring great Harold "Dickie" Bird was presented with an honour at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday in recognition of his outstanding sporting career and charity work.

Russell Westbrook scored a game-high 27 points and Kevin Durant had 25 points as Oklahoma City embarrassed the Los Angeles Lakers 119-90 in their NBA Western Conference second-round playoff series opener on Monday.