OMAN’S FOOTBALL ICON ALI AL HABSI LED THE OMANI SPORTSMEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA AT TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM PLATFORMS WITH LARGE NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS
MUSCAT: Social media channels are the best platforms for people where they express their thoughts, ideas and initiatives. Oman’s sports bodies as well as the athletes are registering good presence at different social media applications including Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Youtube etc. The content of each athlete differs from the others as some of them share their experience in his or her sports while the others prefer to share their daily stories.
Oman’s football icon, Ali al Habsi, led the Omani sportsmen at the social media at Twitter and Instagram platforms with large number of followers. At his twitter account (@ Alialhabsi), he shared with his followers all the decisions that he took with regards to his football career in different teams. Moreover, he retweeted and liked different tweets related to many society activities including the announcement of blood donation and other topics. The former national team player is an active member as well at Instagram as he has more than 688K followers. Eid al Adha greetings to all his friends and followers was the last post for him in his instagram account. Oman’s top goalkeeper’s account in Instagram featured variety topics including some posts for his hometown and family beside his hobby in equestrian and best moments as goalkeeper in video clips.
After his successful journey in Saudi as professional player in Al Ahli, Al Riyadh and Al Nasr teams, Emad al Hosni had received a big boost in all his social media accounts. More than 400K are following him on his Instagram account. Emad’s providing a mixture of content from his memories as national team player as well as former player in different clubs. Also, he shared videos of his technical analysis at BEIN sports channel.
Oman’s athletics star, Barakat al Harthy, is another active star at Instagram and Snapchat channels. He is sharing different training sessions with his followers. During the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, Al Harthy was posting usually his home training and sharing the experience with his teammates and followers.
Top Omani tennis player Fatma al Nabhani has an audience of nearly 100K on her Instagram account. Her page content varies from technical to personal besides the marketing as she was selected as commercial ambassadors for some brands. Fatma is active on social media pages at different society initiatives as she took part in many social events.
Besides the above top names, many of the domestic sports persons are having an attendance in different social media including the national football players Ahmed Kanu, Hassan Mudhafar, Riders Sultan al Touqi, Paralympic star Mohammed al Mushihki and others.