Muscat: Today in the Muscat Governorate, the General Assembly of the Oman Olympic Committee (OOC) officially appointed HH Sayyid Azzan bin Qais Al Said as the Chairman of the OOC Board of Directors for the electoral period from 2024 to 2028 during its annual meeting.
Board members of the OOC, along with 17 representatives from the General Assembly, which included representatives from various sports federations, athletes, sports personalities, and a delegate from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth, were present at the gathering, along with candidates aspiring for board positions for the upcoming term.
Additionally, the General Assembly approved Dr. Abdullah Khamis Ambusaidi to serve as the Deputy Chairman. It also confirmed several members based on statutory classifications: Taha Sulaiman Al Kushari and Abdullah Mohammed Bamakhalf will represent the Olympic sports federations, Yousuf Awad Beit Salim will represent non-Olympic federations, Khalifa Hamad Al Jabri, who was elected by the Oman Athletes Committee, will represent the athletes, and Sayyidah Sanaa Hamad Al Busaidi will represent women’s sports.
Moreover, the General Assembly elected six individuals from a pool of nine candidates for the OOC Board of Directors, all of whom come from Olympic sports federations. The elected members include Moosa Khamis Al Balushi (Chairman of the Oman Handball Association), Dr. Marwan Juma Al Juma (Chairman of the Oman Hockey Association), Said Mohammed Al Hajri (Chairman of the Oman Athletics Association), Qais Saud Al Zakwani (Representative of the Oman Aquatics Association), Eng. Khalfan Saleh Al Na’abi (Chairman of the Oman Basketball Association), and Eng. Ibrahim Abdullah Al Muqbali (Chairman of the Oman Volleyball Association).
In addition, Sheikh Badr Ali Al Rowas and Jihad Abdullah Al Sheikh were chosen to occupy the two positions reserved for sports personalities in the General Assembly during the 2024-2028 term.
The agenda for the meeting also involved the approval of the minutes from the extraordinary General Assembly session that took place on 16 February 2025, a review of last year's annual report summarizing significant administrative and technical accomplishments, discussions regarding the proposed activity plan for 2025, and evaluations of the financial closing report from the previous fiscal year, the auditor’s findings, and the budget for the current year.
