Oman is making gaint strides under Le Roy. Proof: yesterday’s 1-0 defeat against the hightly ranked Paraguay, who are ranked 17 in FIFA rankings, while Oman is languishing at 95. I hope Oman will get lucky this time in the Gulf Cup tourney which will be played in the first week of January 2009 in Muscat. I am a soccer freak and can’t wait to get into Gulf Cup action. The day I landed in Muscat a few years back, Oman was playing Qatar in the finals, and I remember hundreds of cars decked up in national flags invading the the highway with their hazard lights on. What a sight it was – truly amazing.

Some pix from yesterday’s match: